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Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024

Cape Town · 21 September 2024 · 17 events · 118 competitors · 316 personal bests

Daniel Rush won five of the 17 events (3×3, 4×4, 5×5) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Osman Badroodin by 0.04 seconds. 118 competitors produced 316 personal bests, 88 of which still stand today, and eleven people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Rush set the 5×5 single continental record: 44.51.

Five wins
Daniel Rush — 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7
0.04s
closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Osman Badroodin over Joshua Christian Marais
316
personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

EventWinnerSingleAverage
3×3Daniel Rush6.297.54
2×2Ruben Grobler1.712.29
4×4Daniel Rush25.6331.39
5×5Daniel Rush45.8450.01
6×6Daniel Rush1:31.881:33.99
7×7Daniel Rush2:15.972:22.16
3×3 blindfoldedGuido Dipietro26.04—
3×3 Fewest MovesGuido Dipietro22 moves23.00
3×3 one-handedOsman Badroodin9.1412.53
ClockJuan Erasmus5.606.28
MegaminxHeinrich de Lange38.2044.83
PyraminxJesse Osburn2.324.06
SkewbStephanus Blignaut3.143.96
Square-1Osman Badroodin9.3610.90
4×4 blindfoldedDylan Swarts4:47.03—
5×5 blindfoldedGuido Dipietro8:59.71—
3×3 Multi-BlindDylan Swarts17 of 20 cubes · 55:50—

The PB harvest

316 set · 88 still standing
  • Osman Badroodin — 3×3 one-handed single 9.14: into the top 0.57% of the event's history.
  • Joshua Christian Marais — 3×3 one-handed single 9.21: into the top 0.61% of the event's history.
  • Christian Swartz — 2×2 single 1.13: into the top 0.85% of the event's history.
  • Juniour Kwashira — 2×2 single 1.28: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Tristan Ford — Skewb single 1.98: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
  • Daniel Rush — 3×3 one-handed single 10.83: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
  • Samuel Collett — Skewb single 2.25: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
  • Ruben Cilliers — 2×2 single 1.51: into the top 2.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Eleven 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

48 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

118 competitors · 1618 results · 17 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 7.54 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

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

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

118 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.