Howick Spring 2025
- Date
- Oct 4 - 5, 2025
- City
- Howick, South Africa
- Venue
Howick High School
- Address
- 30 Amber Ave, Greendale Park, Howick, 3290
- Details
School Hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizer
- Grant Robert King
- WCA Delegates
- Timothy Lawrance and Waseem Hoosain
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
Cubers welcome to Howicks First Ever WCA Cubing competition! Bring your cubes, your clocks, your pyraminxes to break some PBs in Howick's first ever cubing competition!
Newcomers are welcome - please make sure to bring some form of ID to registration so that we can confirm your details, and be sure to attend the newcomer's competing and judging tutorial. Everyone, even newcomers, are expected to help out with judging.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 19
- Registration period
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Online registration opened and closed .
- Registration requirements
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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 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R100 (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.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of R150 (South African Rand).
Any spectator can attend for free.
Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
- The competitor must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
- The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
- The competitor must pay the entry fee by making a payment to CubingZA. Please make sure to include the competitor name in the reference.
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 has been confirmed on CubingZA, your registration will be approved. (Allow up to 24 hours for the organizers to confirm the payment.)
- Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Waseem Hoosain won with an average of 8.47 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Dalton Bosman finished second (10.47) and Grant Robert King finished third (10.86).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Waseem Hoosain | 6.51 | 8.47 | South Africa | 6.51 | 7.76 | 7.77 | 9.89 | 10.62 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Rhynard Steyn | 2.34 | 3.48 | South Africa | 3.87 | 3.95 | 2.34 | 2.65 | 3.92 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Waseem Hoosain | 28.43 | 31.59 | South Africa | 28.43 | 35.69 | 31.86 | 29.55 | 33.35 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Timothy Lawrance | 1:52.57 | DNF | South Africa | 1:52.57 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | Waseem Hoosain | 12.70 | 14.44 | South Africa | 14.05 | 14.50 | 12.70 | 14.76 | DNF | |||
| Clock | Grant Robert King | 7.64 | 8.77 | South Africa | 8.63 | 9.15 | 9.99 | 7.64 | 8.52 | |||
| Pyraminx | Rhynard Steyn | 4.06 | 4.49 | South Africa | 4.17 | 5.78 | 4.56 | 4.06 | 4.73 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Timothy Lawrance | 5:49.85 | DNF | South Africa | 5:49.85 | 6:02.57 | DNF | |||||
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.
Make sure to arrive at least 15 minutes before Registration ends. This helps us with entering everyone into the system and ensures that you're on time for the New competitor tutorial. 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.
Also, please make sure you bring some form of ID so that we can confirm name, date-of-birth, and nationality to enter into the WCA system.
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. If you would like some more information about what to expect, take a look at:
- this tutorial on how you'll complete your solves
- this video on what to expect at your first competition
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the organisers - we would be happy to help!
This competition is running on the same weekend as CubingZA FMC Championship 2025. The KwaZulu-Natal venue for the FMC Championship is at the same venue as Howick Spring 2025, the Howick High School school hall. No competition events are scheduled until after the FMC Championship concludes. As such, cubers are welcome to compete in both competitions. You will need to register and pay for the FMC Championship separately to Howick Spring 2025. Entry into one competition will not automatically grant you entry into the other.
Have a look at the CubingZA FMC Championship 2025 competition page for more information.
Q. What time should I arrive at the competition?
You should arrive for registration between 08:00 and 08:30 each morning. You should always be at the venue ready to compete 30 minutes before you are scheduled.
note, Side room events begin earlier than the suggested arrival time, if you are competing in side room events make sure to arrive at the correct start time. See the schedule page for more information.
Q. How old do I have to be to compete?
Anyone can compete at any age! We encourage anyone considering to compete to register as it will be a great experience regardless of age.
Q. How fast do I have to be to compete?
You only need to know how to solve the 3x3 cube in under 10 minutes to compete! Refer to the Events tab to see specific Time limits and Cutoffs for other events.
Q. How can I change my events?
You can change your events via the competition registration page.
Q. How can I prepare before the competition day?
Before attending you should have read and understood the WCA regulations. Here is condensed version of the competitor tutorial.
Q. What do I need to bring?
You need to bring a puzzle for each event you are signed up to compete in - make sure they are allowed per the WCA regulations. To summarise, your cube should NOT have physical damage, such as very scratched up stickers, dents, or visibly broken pieces; it should only have ONE logo; it should not have any textures or patterns (so NO "carbon-fiber" cubes); and it must not have transparent pieces. If you are unsure whether your puzzle is competition-legal, please get in touch with a delegate to check. Many competitors also bring a 'warm up cube' to use between submitting their puzzle for scrambling and starting their official solve. All timing equipment is provided.
Q. How do I find out if I've progressed to the second round?
Times will be uploaded through the day onto WCA Live. Please allow up to an hour from finishing your solves to them being uploaded. After all the times of a round have been entered, you can see if you are in the following round.
Q. Who can I ask for help on the day?
You can ask the delegates, you can see who the delegates for this competition are via the info page. Feel free to ask any questions you may have on the day about the rules and regulations. You can also ask them if you have any queries about the competition schedule, cutoffs, time limits, and advancement to subsequent rounds.
Q. Can I help on the day?
Definitely! Throughout the day we will always need judges and runners so please see our Delegates to ask how you can best assist.
Q. How can I find out about upcoming competitions in South Africa?
You can find out about upcoming competitions in South Africa by signing up on CubingZA or checking the WCA Competitions page.
Q: How do I get a WCA ID?
After official results are posted after the competitions you will receive an email with information on your WCA ID.
Please also refer to the WCA's FAQ.
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. In 2025, we are anticipating being able to host one competition every season in each of the cities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban, as well as other regular events in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Limpopo, and more!
If you'd be interested in helping out in CubingZA's mission to bring competitive speedcubing to the country, please get in touch or signup to stay up to date with competitions on the go or competitions coming up.
https://cubingza.org/
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 across rounds (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.