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Please Be Quiet Joburg 2023

Johannesburg · 11 March 2023 · 5 events · 9 competitors · 10 personal bests

Timothy Lawrance won three of the five events (3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind). 9 competitors produced 10 personal bests, 6 of which still stand today.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Heinrich de Lange took a 4×4 blindfolded single of 15:45.00 down to 7:59.80, 49 percent better in one day.

Three wins
Timothy Lawrance — 3×3 Fewest Moves, 4×4 blindfolded, 3×3 Multi-Blind
10
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3 blindfoldedHeinrich de Lange1:15.47
3×3 Fewest MovesTimothy Lawrance31 moves
4×4 blindfoldedTimothy Lawrance6:33.75
5×5 blindfoldedMarike Faught
3×3 Multi-BlindTimothy Lawrance9 of 11 cubes · 45:23

The PB harvest

10 set · 6 still standing
  • Heinrich de Lange — 3×3 blindfolded single 1:11.09: into the top 16.4% of the event's history.
  • Heinrich de Lange — 3×3 Multi-Blind single 7 of 8 cubes · 43:47: into the top 31.2% of the event's history.
  • Brendan James Gray — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:12.97: into the top 37.6% of the event's history.
  • Heinrich de Lange — 4×4 blindfolded single 7:59.80: into the top 43.5% of the event's history.
  • Taariq Hassim — 3×3 blindfolded single 2:39.35: into the top 46.2% of the event's history.
  • Taariq Hassim — 3×3 Fewest Moves single 43 moves: into the top 59.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

No people competed for the first time at this competition. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

9 competitors · 43 results · 5 events.

Everyone who competed

9 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.