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Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024

Cape Town · 17 February 2024 · 11 events · 97 competitors · 183 personal bests

Daniel Rush won five of the eleven events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Lethabo Moeti by 0.36 seconds. 97 competitors produced 183 personal bests, 63 of which still stand today, and 23 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Rush set the 5×5 single continental record: 46.37.

Five wins
Daniel Rush — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 7×7, Square-1
0.36s
closest final — Pyraminx, Lethabo Moeti over Jesse Osburn
183
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Daniel Rush6.537.02
2×2Raphael Fast1.551.88
4×4Daniel Rush26.9430.94
5×5Daniel Rush46.9650.02
6×6Maverick Pearson2:32.572:50.92
7×7Daniel Rush2:19.392:24.80
3×3 one-handedMaverick Pearson17.5619.57
ClockZander Daniel Wessels6.647.49
PyraminxLethabo Moeti3.204.54
SkewbTristan Ford3.513.80
Square-1Daniel Rush11.3613.08

The PB harvest

183 set · 63 still standing
  • Devon Hong — Pyraminx single 2.69: into the top 2.7% of the event's history.
  • Eben Smith — Pyraminx single 2.91: into the top 3.3% of the event's history.
  • Zander Daniel Wessels — Pyraminx single 3.49: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
  • Daniel David Mizen — Pyraminx single 3.66: into the top 6.1% of the event's history.
  • Aidan Fahy — Pyraminx single 3.83: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
  • Vincent Fast — 2×2 single 2.37: into the top 7.7% of the event's history.
  • Adam Lotter — Pyraminx single 4.06: into the top 8.0% of the event's history.
  • Joshua T. Makuwa — 2×2 single 2.59: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.

First-timers

23 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

18 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

97 competitors · 585 results · 11 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Daniel Rush won it with a 7.02 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

  1. 1D2 B2 L2 D R2 B2 D L2 R2 D' B' L2 R D2 U L B D2 F
  2. 2U2 D R U B' D2 L D F2 R2 L2 B D2 L2 F2 D2 F R' U'
  3. 3L B' L' U' R D' L F' U2 R L D F2 L2 D' F2 D
  4. 4F' R B L' B U R' F2 L2 F B2 U2 F D2 L2 B R2 U B
  5. 5R U2 F2 R2 F2 D R2 U F U F' U L2 U' L' F U B' F2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

97 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.