CubingZA Nationals 2025

Date: Apr 26 - 28, 2025
City: Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue: BMG World
Address: BMG World
Details: Hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Anthony Kalaya Rush, Cubing South Africa, Daniel Rush, Marike Faught, and Maverick Pearson
WCA Delegates: Anthony Kalaya Rush, Catherine Rush, Marike Faught, Maverick Pearson, Waseem Hoosain, and Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim

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CubingZA is very proud to announce the South African National Championships for 2025! Compete against South Africa's fastest speedcubers and break some records!

COMPETING
This is an open championship - meaning anyone is eligible to compete. All WCA events except FMC will be held, with winners in each event being declared the 2025 South African Champion for that event.

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Events
Main event
Competitors: 143

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Daniel Rush won with an average of 7.28 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Shivaan Harichander finished second (7.78) and Ruben Grobler finished third (8.51).

African records: Daniel Rush‎ 5x5x5 Cube 42.42 (single), 5x5x5 Cube 45.52 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 2:05.66 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 2:12.37 (average); Jesse Osburn‎ Pyraminx 1.61 (single) and Pyraminx 2.63 (average).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	6.02	7.28	South Africa	6.84	7.24	7.76	6.02	7.86
2	Shivaan Harichander	7.31	7.78	South Africa	8.81	8.28	7.31	7.58	7.47
3	Ruben Grobler	7.56	8.51	South Africa	8.46	8.68	7.56	9.80	8.38

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ruben Grobler	1.20	1.78	South Africa	1.96	1.57	1.20	4.38	1.82
2	Jahziel Dominic Alonzo	1.48	1.86	South Africa	1.58	1.68	3.75	1.48	2.31
3	Daniël Switijnk	1.80	2.03	Netherlands	1.82	2.07	3.33	1.80	2.21

4x4x4 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	24.37	29.10	South Africa	28.49	34.40	24.37	33.17	25.65
2	Osman Badroodin	28.92	31.55	South Africa	36.18	28.92	29.16	29.30	37.35
3	Ruben Grobler	31.89	35.75	South Africa	43.55	35.73	38.19	31.89	33.33

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	42.42	AfR	45.52	AfR	South Africa	42.42	48.11	43.18	45.26	49.31
2	Osman Badroodin	54.68		1:00.60		South Africa	1:11.55	54.68	56.82	1:02.64	1:02.35
3	Ruben Grobler	1:00.20		1:06.49		South Africa	1:00.20	1:18.20	1:05.44	1:08.55	1:05.49

6x6x6 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	1:20.84	1:24.87	South Africa	1:20.84	1:24.54	1:29.22
2	Osman Badroodin	1:54.89	1:58.22	South Africa	1:56.29	1:54.89	2:03.49
3	Jahziel Dominic Alonzo	2:09.40	2:10.85	South Africa	2:11.24	2:09.40	2:11.90

7x7x7 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	2:09.74	2:12.99	South Africa	2:09.74	2:18.55	2:10.69
2	Ruben Grobler	3:13.27	3:20.79	South Africa	3:34.56	3:14.55	3:13.27
3	Osman Badroodin	3:05.55	3:21.80	South Africa	3:30.37	3:29.47	3:05.55

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Marike Faught	34.19	DNF	South Africa	DNF	45.04	34.19
2	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	50.96	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	50.96
3	Timothy Lawrance	1:19.28	DNF	South Africa	2:04.02	1:19.28	DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Waseem Hoosain	12.33	13.01	South Africa	12.75	12.98	16.34	12.33	13.31
2	Osman Badroodin	11.52	14.16	South Africa	11.52	19.31	13.65	14.40	14.42
3	Christian Swartz	13.38	15.37	South Africa	14.91	15.14	16.75	13.38	16.06

Clock

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Juan Erasmus	5.26	7.04	South Africa	DNF	5.26	5.99	8.34	6.79
2	Ian Luies	6.72	8.27	South Africa	7.71	6.72	8.59	8.95	8.52
3	Grant Robert King	7.57	8.35	South Africa	7.57	8.41	8.27	8.54	8.37

Megaminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Daniel Rush	44.39	55.64	South Africa	1:02.48	59.76	52.38	54.78	44.39
2	Jahziel Dominic Alonzo	49.94	59.22	South Africa	54.03	1:08.66	49.94	1:13.92	54.98
3	Jesse Osburn	51.33	1:00.06	South Africa	1:08.31	1:07.53	59.27	53.38	51.33

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Caspar Switijnk	1.32		2.55		Netherlands	2.00	2.41	1.32	4.07	3.24
2	Jesse Osburn	1.61	AfR	2.63	AfR	South Africa	2.93	2.58	1.61	2.38	5.38
3	Lethabo Moeti	1.90		3.22		South Africa	DNF	3.39	1.90	3.41	2.87

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Estian Blignaut	2.10	4.30	South Africa	3.10	5.53	5.87	4.27	2.10
2	Jahziel Dominic Alonzo	3.05	4.30	South Africa	3.95	5.58	6.56	3.05	3.36
3	Daniel David Mizen	3.55	4.88	South Africa	4.98	7.09	5.10	4.57	3.55

Square-1

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Osman Badroodin	8.92	12.66	South Africa	10.93	14.58	8.92	14.98	12.47
2	Ruben Grobler	8.76	13.20	South Africa	12.24	11.36	16.00	16.00	8.76
3	Daniel David Mizen	11.84	13.73	South Africa	15.84	12.17	11.84	20.43	13.17

4x4x4 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Marike Faught	5:05.43	DNF	South Africa	DNF	5:05.43	DNF
2	Daniel Rush	8:37.60	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	8:37.60
3	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	8:44.49	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	8:44.49

5x5x5 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
1	Marike Faught	12:36.00		DNF		South Africa	DNF	12:36.00	DNF

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

#	Name	Best	Representing	Solves
1	Marike Faught	16/17 57:38	South Africa	11/17 48:40	16/17 57:38
2	Timothy Lawrance	10/11 47:57	South Africa	4/6 26:52	10/11 47:57
3	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	7/8 44:16	South Africa	7/8 44:16	8/10 1:00:00