Competitions · South Africa

Johannesburg Open 2016

Johannesburg · 19 June 2016 · 5 events · 96 competitors · 67 personal bests

Zaakir Hagee won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zaakir Hagee by 0.44 seconds. 96 competitors produced 67 personal bests, 35 of which still stand today, and 45 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Zaakir Hagee set the 2×2 average continental record: 3.30.

Two wins

Zaakir Hagee — 3×3, 2×2

0.44s

closest final — 2×2, Zaakir Hagee over Victor Ebubechukwu Tobechukwu Asiwe

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zaakir Hagee	11.94	12.86
2×2	Zaakir Hagee	2.99	4.04
5×5	Jaméan Groenewald	2:29.03	2:33.20
3×3 one-handed	Victor Ebubechukwu Tobechukwu Asiwe	18.94	20.80
Pyraminx	Ruben Grobler	7.81	9.19

The PB harvest

67 set · 35 still standing

Victor Ebubechukwu Tobechukwu Asiwe — 2×2 single 2.55: into the top 9.4% of the event's history.
Zameer Dada — 2×2 single 2.71: into the top 11.0% of the event's history.
Victor Ebubechukwu Tobechukwu Asiwe — 3×3 one-handed single 18.94: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
Wade Loots — 2×2 single 3.30: into the top 17.8% of the event's history.
Matthew Cohen — 3×3 single 15.52: into the top 26.2% of the event's history.
Lourens Kruger — 2×2 single 4.38: into the top 31.4% of the event's history.
Lourens Kruger — 3×3 single 17.65: into the top 33.0% of the event's history.
Hridhay Somera — 2×2 single 4.68: into the top 35.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

45 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 17,946 people who made their debut in 2016. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

4 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

96 competitors · 276 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

96 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.