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, Clément Cherblanc, Daniel David Mizen, and Maverick Pearson
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
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
Competitors
48
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 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:

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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".

Highlights
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Daniel Rush won with an average of 6.71 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jahziel Dominic Alonzo finished second (8.88) and Abdul Darries finished third (9.41).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 5.87 6.71 South Africa 6.606.926.615.877.07
2 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 6.40 8.88 South Africa DNF8.6210.047.996.40
3 Abdul Darries 8.04 9.41 South Africa 9.5110.218.508.0410.92

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 1.96 2.07 South Africa 1.962.092.112.942.02
2 Jesse Osburn 1.53 2.43 South Africa 2.452.392.454.571.53
3 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 1.51 2.71 South Africa 4.081.721.513.123.29

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 23.75 28.33 South Africa 27.2130.6923.7531.1527.10
2 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 31.72 35.53 South Africa 31.7236.3438.3335.2734.99
3 Clément Cherblanc 31.26 36.11 France 31.2636.1439.5934.5037.68

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Dylan Swarts 59.27 DNF South Africa 59.271:05.03DNFDNFDNF
2 Daniel Rush 1:01.58 DNF South Africa DNFDNF1:37.201:01.58DNF
3 Maverick Pearson 1:17.60 1:38.56 South Africa 1:29.622:03.681:22.37DNF1:17.60

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 10.90 14.99 South Africa 16.5010.9015.1013.3618.43
2 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 12.36 16.03 South Africa 19.6417.2315.5815.2812.36
3 Abdul Darries 14.29 16.68 South Africa 17.0419.3014.2918.1114.89

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 47.17 47.72 South Africa 47.4748.6747.3248.3847.17
2 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 49.77 54.74 South Africa 49.7755.7755.5357.7152.93
3 Jesse Osburn 53.60 55.93 South Africa 55.6755.4356.7053.6057.28
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