Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026


Date
Jul 18 - 19, 2026
City
Cape Town, South Africa
Venue

Kirstenhof Primary School

Address
18 Lente Street, Kirstenhof, Cape Town
Details

School hall

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Maverick Pearson and Tyler Lindow Tsao
WCA Delegates
Maverick Pearson and Timothy Lawrance
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

Welcome to Cubing in the Cape Q3 2026!

This is a full weekend competition with a Blindfolded and FMC "PBQ" day on Saturday, and more popular events on Sunday.
This competition will make use of Dual Rounds for all events with multiple rounds! Please see the Events and Schedule for details.

Events
Main event
Competitors
32
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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R250 (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 R250 (South African Rand).


Ticket Prices and Registration

R250 gets you entry to compete in as many events as you like.

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.

Tyler Lindow Tsao won with an average of 7.99 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Jesse Osburn finished second (8.85) and Jahziel Dominic Alonzo finished third (9.33).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tyler Lindow Tsao 6.83 7.99 United States 8.308.217.817.946.83
2 Jesse Osburn 8.12 8.85 South Africa 8.128.689.388.489.68
3 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 7.94 9.33 South Africa 8.6911.207.949.399.91

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 1.79 2.14 South Africa 1.931.793.552.412.09
1 Jesse Osburn 1.46 2.29 South Africa 2.542.012.311.464.82
3 Tyler Lindow Tsao 2.35 2.94 United States 3.582.755.262.352.50

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Timothy Lawrance 1:10.17 1:42.13 South Africa 1:10.171:39.992:12.651:53.011:33.39
2 Tyler Lindow Tsao 1:31.58 DNF United States 1:31.58DNFDNFDNFDNF
3 Jesse Osburn 1:47.19 DNF South Africa DNFDNF1:47.19DNFDNF

3x3x3 Fewest Moves

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Timothy Lawrance 25 28.00 South Africa 252831
2 Tyler Lindow Tsao 35 37.33 United States 353938
3 Jesse Osburn 33 39.00 South Africa 414333

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 12.19 14.12 South Africa 18.9212.1914.4214.9113.04
2 Tyler Lindow Tsao 10.96 15.37 United States 18.1315.5710.9613.4817.06
1 Jesse Osburn 11.56 15.89 South Africa 16.2515.2116.2019.1811.56

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tyler Lindow Tsao 5.13 6.99 United States 6.077.607.295.1311.43
2 Jesse Osburn 4.92 8.17 South Africa 8.8910.644.9210.125.49
1 Isabela Lopes de Azevedo 7.45 8.77 Brazil 8.497.4510.18DNF7.65

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 46.15 54.84 South Africa 59.8546.1559.6646.9257.93
2 Jesse Osburn 59.86 1:02.76 South Africa 1:04.441:06.161:03.691:00.1659.86
3 Tyler Lindow Tsao 59.23 1:06.63 United States 1:07.7959.231:19.021:04.081:08.03

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tyler Lindow Tsao 11.47 15.49 United States 12.4620.9415.2018.8211.47
2 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 14.68 16.55 South Africa 20.3816.5115.6214.6817.53
3 Jesse Osburn 13.92 18.10 South Africa 21.1916.2413.9219.9518.12

4x4x4 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Timothy Lawrance 6:40.00 DNF South Africa 6:40.00DNFDNF
2 Tyler Lindow Tsao 18:58.00 DNF United States DNF18:58.00DNS

5x5x5 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Timothy Lawrance 17:23.00 DNF South Africa 17:23.00DNFDNF
2 Lindsay Hans 1:08:00.00 DNF South Africa 1:08:00.00DNSDNS

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Timothy Lawrance 7/10 40:24 South Africa 7/10 40:24
2 Jesse Osburn 3/3 17:25 South Africa 3/3 17:25
3 Lindsay Hans 2/3 24:55 South Africa 2/3 24:55
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