Competitions · South Africa

Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022

Cape Town · 7 October 2022 · 17 events · 117 competitors · 248 personal bests

Linus Buck won three of the 17 events (2×2, 5×5, Pyraminx) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Evan Liu by 0.35 seconds. 117 competitors produced 248 personal bests, 86 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Daniel Rush set the 4×4 single continental record: 27.31.

Three wins

Linus Buck — 2×2, 5×5, Pyraminx

0.35s

closest final — Clock, Evan Liu over Gabrielle Morasse

248

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Daniel Rush	7.14	7.96
2×2	Linus Buck	1.53	2.05
4×4	Daniel Rush	27.31	29.72
5×5	Linus Buck	1:02.52	1:05.30
6×6	Ruben Grobler	1:57.23	2:01.21
7×7	Evan Liu	2:37.47	2:44.47
3×3 blindfolded	Dylan Swarts	31.95	45.46
3×3 Fewest Moves	Timothy Lawrance	27 moves	31.00
3×3 one-handed	Waseem Hoosain	10.72	14.24
Clock	Evan Liu	6.20	6.65
Megaminx	Heinrich de Lange	41.22	46.24
Pyraminx	Linus Buck	2.87	3.95
Skewb	Ruben Grobler	3.30	5.18
Square-1	Osman Badroodin	8.43	10.55
4×4 blindfolded	Dylan Swarts	6:31.89	—
5×5 blindfolded	Timothy Lawrance	19:05.00	—
3×3 Multi-Blind	Dylan Swarts	21 of 28 cubes · 1:00:00	—

The PB harvest

248 set · 86 still standing

Zaakir Hagee — 3×3 single 7.57: into the top 2.1% of the event's history.
Jonathan Munro — 3×3 single 8.39: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Andre Johannes Goosen — Pyraminx single 2.97: into the top 3.5% of the event's history.
Charlie Cleworth — 3×3 single 8.46: into the top 3.7% of the event's history.
Andreas de Lange — Square-1 single 8.61: into the top 3.9% of the event's history.
Jonathan Munro — 2×2 single 2.07: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Zandré Calitz — 3×3 single 9.16: into the top 5.2% of the event's history.
Zandré Calitz — Pyraminx single 4.28: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

29 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

117 competitors · 1066 results · 17 events.

Everyone who competed

117 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.