Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026
- Date
- Feb 8, 2026
- City
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Venue
Kirstenhof Primary School
- Address
- 18 Lente Street, Kirstenhof, Cape Town
- Details
School hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Anthony Kalaya Rush, Daniel Rush, and Maverick Pearson
- WCA Delegates
- Anthony Kalaya Rush, Daniel David Mizen, and Maverick Pearson
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Welcome to Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026!
This is a single day competition with a handful of popular events, as well as the first Best of 5 Round for 3x3 Blindfolded featured in Cape Town.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitor limit
- 120
- Number of times bookmarked
- 3
- Registration period
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Online registration will be open from to .
- Registration requirements
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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 120 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R150 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 100% 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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of R175 (South African Rand).
Ticket Prices and Registration
R150 gets you entry to compete in as many events as you like. If you Register and Pay on the spot (i.e. on the day of the competition) you will instead pay R175, so book your places early!
Registration Requirements
Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
1) The competitor must Login or 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) The competitor must pay the entry fee by purchasing a ticket here:Payment Link <-------Pay Here
If you haven't both registered for the competition (Step 2) and paid for a ticket (Step 3), you will not be able to compete.
After registering for the competition on the WCA website, your registration will be pending. Once the payment through the CubingZA payment portal has been confirmed, your registration will be approved. (Allow up to 48 hours for the organizers to confirm the payment.)
Newcomers
You can Register and Pay on the day of the competition. We recommend signing up and paying online if you can - there is a competitor limit due to the venue capacity, and we cannot accept your entry if you register after the limit is reached! Signing up online secures your spot. Newcomers must bring some form of Identification - an ID, Birth Certificate, Passport, or something of this manner. It needs to have your full name, date of birth, and nationality on it. It can be a copy or even a photo of the document, it doesn't have to be the original.
Spectators
Competitors are welcome to bring up to two spectators with them. If you need to bring more, please contact the organizing team.
Volunteering
Please note that 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".
If you're a first-time competitior, we would love to have you! It doesn't matter how quickly you can solve the cube - everyone is there to have fun, make new friends, and do their best. If you're on the fence about going, take a look at this video giving a bit of insight into what a cube competition is like.
This competition runs over two days but you don't need to attend both days. Have a look on the schedule to see when the different events are happening so you can decide what days you should attend. For example, if you're only competing in 3X3, you only need to come on Sunday. Make sure to arrive at least 15 minutes before Registration ends on the first day you'll be competing. This helps us with entering everyone into the system and ensures that you're on time for the "Tutorial for new competitors". As a first-time competitor, you don't want to miss this as we'll be going over all the details of how to participate in this competition.
You can also watch this tutorial video beforehand on how you'll complete your solves.
We will also be sending out a pre-competition email before the competition with some more information so keep an eye out for that.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the delegates and organiser - we would be happy to help!
Where can I view my results?
On the competition days all results will be uploaded to WCA Live. Just search for the competition name under the "upcoming" tab. After the competition has ended, it will take a few days for the official results to be uploaded to the WCA main site.
How can I stay up to date on future competitions?
Below are a few options for getting notified of future competitions:
- Register an account on CubingZA. Once you are logged in, you will be able to set notifications for competitions in your preferred provinces. You should receive email notifications for new competitions in these regions.
- Join the CubingZA Whatsapp community by clicking on this link. By joining the Whatsapp community you will automatically be added the announcement group, and will have the option to join the following groups: a. ZA Speedcubing Advice & PBs - this group is strictly for posting personal bests and asking for speedcubing advice. b. African Cubers - this group is for catching up and chatting with fellow cubers.
- The WCA Official website competitions page will show all announced competitions coming up.
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.
CubingZA Website
To join the CubingZA Discord server use the link below
Join CubingZA Discord Server
To join the specific chat about this competition use this link below
Cubestuff GC Discord Chat
Before we get started
Please edit your server profile name to include your WCA ID like this John Smith | 2025SMIT07
Once this has been done you will be added as a member and all the channels will be visible to you.
How to change a nickname - https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/219070107-Server-Nicknames#h_01H4RRB3ZD1HD8R7YF2MKS4N16
Community rules
Be respectful to one another
No racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise bigoted remarks. Please keep swearing to a minimum!
No NSFW
No spamming
This includes repeatedly pinging @ everyone, @ here, or pinging the team, admins, mentors and moderators for inappropriate reasons.
Make sure you're in the right channel
Keep discussions/posts to their appropriate channels as best you can. If you’re not sure, ask!
Please listen and be respectful to our team, admins, and mentors - they’re here to help! Blatant disrespect and not following instructions will not be tolerated.
Time limit
If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).
Cutoff
The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).
Format
The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.