Competitions · South Africa

Johannesburg Open 2015

Johannesburg · 29 November 2015 · 9 events · 112 competitors · 70 personal bests

Pieterjan Joubert won three of the nine events (5×5, Megaminx, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Stephen Cotterrell by 0.30 seconds. 112 competitors produced 70 personal bests, 31 of which still stand today, and 71 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Timothy Bosman set the Pyraminx single continental record: 4.25.

Three wins

Pieterjan Joubert — 5×5, Megaminx, Pyraminx

0.30s

closest final — 3×3, Stephen Cotterrell over Zaakir Hagee

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Stephen Cotterrell	11.96	13.76
2×2	Victor Ebubechukwu Tobechukwu Asiwe	3.47	4.34
4×4	Stephen Cotterrell	48.31	56.76
5×5	Pieterjan Joubert	1:34.41	1:43.22
3×3 blindfolded	Sae-ouk Oh	3:21.65	—
Megaminx	Pieterjan Joubert	1:08.58	1:18.83
Pyraminx	Pieterjan Joubert	5.35	6.35
Skewb	Brendan James Gray	6.00	7.12
3×3 Multi-Blind	Brendan James Gray	—	—

The PB harvest

70 set · 31 still standing

Sae-ouk Oh — Pyraminx single 4.25: into the top 8.9% of the event's history.
Pieterjan Joubert — Pyraminx single 5.35: into the top 15.4% of the event's history.
Donovan Pretorius — 3×3 single 13.88: into the top 20.5% of the event's history.
Victor Ebubechukwu Tobechukwu Asiwe — 4×4 single 48.18: into the top 22.3% of the event's history.
Stephen Cotterrell — 4×4 single 48.31: into the top 22.5% of the event's history.
Pieterjan Joubert — 5×5 single 1:34.41: into the top 31.0% of the event's history.
Henry Rochester — Pyraminx single 8.11: into the top 37.1% of the event's history.
Andreas Scott — Pyraminx single 8.13: into the top 37.3% of the event's history.

First-timers

71 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 12,291 people who made their debut in 2015. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

112 competitors · 387 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

112 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.