Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026


Date
Jun 20 - 21, 2026
City
Sandton, South Africa
Venue

The Leonardo Sandton

Address
75 Maude St, Sandown, Sandton, 2146
Details

On the 45th floor of The Leonardo Hotel in Sandton

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Andries Kruger, Anthony Kalaya Rush, Cameron Lochrie Mcleod, Daniel Rush, and Marike Faught
WCA Delegates
Anthony Kalaya Rush and Marike Faught
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

ABOUT THIS EVENT

This competition will be the highest from ground level ever held in the World. This claim derives from our own research and is not an official measure from the WCA as the WCA does not track elevation or altitude as an official statistic.
The competition will be held on the 45th floor of the hotel at 189m from ground level.
It is also open for beginners to seasoned cubers alike.

Please note: Due to capacity regulations, every competitor will only be allowed 1 (one) free spectator. We will have some additional spectator tickets to purchase at R100.
Additional guests will be allowed on other floors of the Leonardo, however only those with spectator tickets will be allowed inside the cubing venue.

Events
Main event
Competitors
74
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

Registration requirements
This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.
Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 75 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R250 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


PAYMENT

Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
1. First-timer competitors must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
2. The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
3. Credit and Debit Card payments for the competition entry fee of R250.00 can be made at the following link

Payment Link

Please note:
* If you haven't both registered for the competition (Step 2) and paid for a ticket (Step 3) before registration closes, you will not be able to compete.

VOLUNTEERING

Please note that all competitors are required to assist with volunteering during the competition - either in the role of "runner", "judge" or "scrambler". These roles will be explained as part of the "New Competitor Tutorial", but you can take a look at this video.

If any parents are willing to help judge or run, please watch the above video if you have not been a judge/runner at previous competitions. We greatly appreciate all assistance during the competition and more volunteers helping out during the competition helps to stay on schedule and not run behind.

NOTICE FOR COMPETITORS

Be sure to be ready to compete in any of your scheduled events at least 30 minutes before the scheduled starting time.

ABOUT CUBINGZA

CubingZA is a volunteer organisation made up of delegates and community members who have come together to try and ensure that we can sustainably run regular competitions all across the country.
If you'd be interested in helping out in CubingZA's mission to improve competitive speedcubing in the country, please get in touch.

Highlights
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Daniel Rush won with an average of 7.86 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ruben Grobler finished second (8.54) and Amahle Nyembe finished third (8.68).

African records: Daniel Rush‎ 4x4x4 Cube 23.69 (average).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 6.85 7.86 South Africa 7.928.916.858.537.12
2 Ruben Grobler 7.42 8.54 South Africa 7.428.389.008.259.78
3 Amahle Nyembe 7.93 8.68 South Africa 8.309.217.939.868.54

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ruben Grobler 1.92 2.54 South Africa 11.302.383.132.101.92
2 Juandré Jacobs 2.08 2.56 South Africa 2.772.372.082.702.60
3 Daniel Rush 1.58 2.80 South Africa 4.941.581.644.642.12

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 22.37 23.69 AfR South Africa 29.9725.8222.7822.3722.48
2 Isaac Scheepers 32.75 34.90 South Africa 37.1432.7533.3234.25DNF
3 Ruben Grobler 31.31 35.04 South Africa 37.1336.6831.3138.0031.32

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 41.48 42.88 South Africa 41.6741.9745.1841.4845.00
2 Isaac Scheepers 1:00.65 1:03.33 South Africa 1:00.651:02.711:03.541:03.731:05.53
3 Osman Badroodin 59.17 1:05.43 South Africa 1:12.081:09.411:00.9159.171:05.96

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 1:16.63 1:21.47 South Africa 1:28.501:16.631:19.27
2 Osman Badroodin 1:49.77 1:55.31 South Africa 1:49.771:50.472:05.70
3 Ruben Grobler 2:00.44 2:06.39 South Africa 2:09.532:09.192:00.44

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Osman Badroodin 2:54.85 2:58.10 South Africa 2:54.852:58.113:01.33
2 Ruben Grobler 3:01.38 3:12.49 South Africa 3:17.563:01.383:18.53
3 Heinrich de Lange 3:37.47 3:45.76 South Africa 3:37.474:01.423:38.40

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Marike Faught 31.87 49.05 South Africa 46.9745.7454.43DNF31.87
2 Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim 38.58 DNF South Africa DNFDNF47.7638.58DNF
3 Joshua Bennett 1:26.26 DNF South Africa DNF1:26.26DNFDNFDNF

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Heinrich de Lange 42.66 44.37 South Africa 44.0942.6644.8745.3244.14
2 Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue 39.10 45.05 South Africa 39.1048.9144.7943.7746.58
3 Daniel Rush 41.57 46.11 South Africa 43.0847.8641.5747.3949.82

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Lethabo Moeti 2.42 3.27 South Africa 3.412.423.133.263.92
2 Daniel Rush 3.67 5.23 South Africa 5.055.956.813.674.68
3 Ruben Grobler 4.49 5.52 South Africa 4.495.506.017.255.05
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