Arnold Classic Africa 2019

Date: May 17 - 19, 2019
City: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre
Address: 161 Maude St, Sandown, Sandton, 2031, South Africa
Details: On Level 2 of the Convention Centre
Contact: info@m.cubingza.org
Organizers: Amnon Melzer, Brendan James Gray, and Kim Katz
WCA Delegate: Brendan James Gray

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Information

General Information

This competition will take place as part of the Arnold Classic Sport Festival. Please note that due to the nature of the festival the venue will be extremely noisy, and this is outside of our control.

Guests

Spectators are welcome, but will need to pay for entrance to the expo. Tickets can be bought online through WebTickets or paid for at the door. Various pricing options are available depending on whether you wish to attend for the whole weekend or just one day.
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Volunteering

If you would like to volunteer to help staff at the competition, please contact one of the WCA delegates. Please state which dates and times you will be available. Volunteer schedules will be drawn up so that they don't clash with your competing.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 77

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
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There is a competitor limit of 150 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R100 (South African Rand).
Registration fees won't be refunded under any circumstance.
On the spot registrations will be accepted with a base registration fee of R100 (South African Rand).
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of R150 (South African Rand).

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Competitors who register on the WCA website at least 14 days before the competition will be granted free access to the expo and will only have to pay the competition entry fee. The entrance fee is R 100 and must be paid online in advance. Please see the Payment Information tab for details.

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Cameron Blumenow won with an average of 10.42 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Shivaan Harichander finished second (10.84) and Ruben Grobler finished third (11.80).

African records: Cameron Blumenow‎ 4x4x4 Cube 39.60 (average); Ruben Grobler‎ 3x3x3 With Feet 1:01.10 (average).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Cameron Blumenow	7.55	10.42	South Africa	11.34	11.83	8.95	7.55	10.96
2	Shivaan Harichander	7.97	10.84	South Africa	10.59	11.49	10.43	7.97	12.75
3	Ruben Grobler	8.75	11.80	South Africa	12.68	8.75	10.25	DNF	12.47

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	2.30	2.79	South Africa	4.50	3.03	2.75	2.58	2.30
2	Cameron Blumenow	2.46	2.81	South Africa	2.46	3.81	2.65	2.93	2.84
3	Ekhard Rabie	3.05	3.43	South Africa	3.15	3.24	3.05	3.91	5.22

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Cameron Blumenow	36.98	39.60	AfR	South Africa	41.11	40.32	37.36	41.24	36.98
2	Ruben Grobler	39.39	43.59		South Africa	42.57	48.06	42.11	39.39	46.10
3	Maverick Pearson	41.45	45.33		South Africa	50.94	42.38	44.77	48.85	41.45

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	1:21.09	1:24.18	South Africa	1:28.97	1:25.06	1:22.80	1:21.09	1:24.68
2	Cameron Blumenow	1:19.93	1:26.95	South Africa	1:31.50	1:25.33	1:37.58	1:24.02	1:19.93
3	Dylan Swarts	1:31.42	1:34.07	South Africa	1:34.32	1:42.87	1:31.42	1:32.74	1:35.15

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	2:51.04	3:14.38	South Africa	2:52.23	3:59.86	2:51.04
2	Dylan Swarts	2:58.46	3:18.35	South Africa	3:35.63	3:20.97	2:58.46
3	Patrick Ellis	3:08.06	3:26.06	South Africa	3:08.06	3:40.05	3:30.07

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	4:18.28	4:28.36	South Africa	4:35.89	4:18.28	4:30.92
2	Dylan Swarts	4:57.08	5:08.59	South Africa	4:57.08	5:04.26	5:24.43
3	Maverick Pearson	5:07.28	5:30.36	South Africa	5:25.31	5:07.28	5:58.48

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	2:00.72		DNF		South Africa	2:00.72	DNF	DNF
2	Chris Groenewald	4:05.55		DNF		South Africa	DNF	4:05.55	DNF

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Timothy Lawrance	30	32.67	South Africa	36	30	32
2	Ruben Grobler	30	35.00	South Africa	37	30	38
3	Patrick Ellis	43	45.67	South Africa	50	44	43

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	17.30	20.00	South Africa	17.30	21.09	26.38	17.72	21.19
2	Cameron Blumenow	17.98	20.31	South Africa	17.98	19.53	22.69	20.52	20.89
3	Maverick Pearson	16.90	22.46	South Africa	22.41	25.38	20.05	24.91	16.90

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	13.20	15.26	South Africa	13.20	15.73	15.51	DNF	14.54
2	Brendan James Gray	17.52	19.71	South Africa	DNF	19.18	17.52	22.16	17.80
3	Shane Swanepoel	40.70	50.97	South Africa	59.54	56.29	48.94	40.70	47.69

Megaminx

#	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
1	Maverick Pearson	1:05.34	NR	1:23.57	South Africa	1:16.77	1:36.03	1:31.61	1:05.34	1:22.33
2	Ruben Grobler	1:18.95		1:27.19	South Africa	1:19.13	1:31.22	1:18.95	1:31.22	1:31.25
3	Heinrich de Lange	1:56.31		2:10.33	South Africa	2:13.08	DNF	1:56.90	1:56.31	2:21.02

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Cameron Blumenow	4.70	5.50	South Africa	6.01	4.86	5.63	8.42	4.70
2	Ruben Grobler	4.68	5.73	South Africa	5.73	4.68	5.52	5.93	7.66
3	Ryan du Preez	7.16	8.09	South Africa	7.18	8.21	10.81	8.88	7.16

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	3.59	5.89	South Africa	7.27	3.59	6.56	4.62	6.50
2	Calum Visagie	5.41	6.60	South Africa	7.42	5.41	5.48	11.06	6.89
3	Cameron Blumenow	4.30	7.78	South Africa	7.18	4.30	10.46	9.57	6.58

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	18.84	23.17	South Africa	26.38	22.36	24.19	22.96	18.84
2	Cameron Blumenow	24.13	33.91	South Africa	24.13	52.27	32.58	25.35	43.80
3	Timothy Lawrance	28.49	36.33	South Africa	39.70	28.49	1:12.86	33.60	35.69

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Dylan Swarts	10:45.00	NR	DNF		South Africa	DNF	10:45.00	DNF

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	2/2 7:09	South Africa	2/2 7:09
2	Dylan Swarts	5/9 40:47	South Africa	5/9 40:47
3	Timothy Lawrance	2/4 31:19	South Africa	2/4 31:19

3x3x3 With Feet

#	Name	Best	Average		Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	54.33	1:01.10	AfR	South Africa	1:01.89	57.54	54.33	1:11.99	1:03.88
2	Maverick Pearson	1:17.53	1:36.42		South Africa	1:31.04	2:07.44	2:00.53	1:17.53	1:17.70
3	Patrick Ellis	1:47.09	2:15.15		South Africa	2:19.16	2:38.75	2:11.38	1:47.09	2:14.91