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

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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

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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).

Bayden Boesak - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	12.49	15.70	South Africa	18.31	14.12	18.50	12.49	14.68
	First round	6	11.85	13.30	South Africa	13.62	13.54	16.81	12.74	11.85
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	4.33	5.17	South Africa	5.38	5.18	4.33	5.63	4.96
	First round	10	4.89	7.21	South Africa	6.27	9.20	6.16	4.89	DNF
4x4x4 Cube	Final	6	54.56	59.00	South Africa	56.54	58.44	54.56	1:02.02	1:09.63
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	4	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	6	25.62	29.71	South Africa	30.06	25.62	27.69	39.17	31.37
Clock	Final	6	16.35	19.25	South Africa	16.35	18.14	23.76	20.57	19.05
Pyraminx	Final	8	7.73	10.66	South Africa	8.96	7.73	11.91	11.10	11.95
	First round	7	4.35	10.13	South Africa	17.37	9.91	10.96	9.53	4.35
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	2	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNS	DNS

Casey Milos - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	11.01	12.43	South Africa	11.01	12.00	18.45	12.38	12.92
	First round	5	11.93	12.64	South Africa	12.52	13.47	11.93	11.93	14.10
2x2x2 Cube	Final	7	5.00	6.42	South Africa	5.00	6.35	7.17	5.75	DNF
	First round	4	4.19	4.67	South Africa	5.26	5.21	4.19	4.25	4.56
4x4x4 Cube	Final	3	42.30	47.55	South Africa	42.30	46.32	47.16	54.49	49.18
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	7	25.94	32.52	South Africa	37.17	33.28	31.57	25.94	32.72
Clock	Final	4	12.33	15.56	South Africa	18.01	16.12	17.45	13.10	12.33
Pyraminx	Final	10	10.06	13.18	South Africa	12.12	10.06	12.84	14.59	16.28
	First round	6	6.49	9.34	South Africa	12.96	6.49	13.80	7.84	7.21

Dalton Bosman - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	9.31	10.47	South Africa	9.36	9.31	11.15	DNF	10.90
	First round	3	9.33	12.02	South Africa	9.33	13.43	13.14	12.51	10.42
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	4.35	4.96	South Africa	8.35	5.17	5.22	4.35	4.49
	First round	5	4.18	4.95	South Africa	4.18	5.87	6.12	4.81	4.18
4x4x4 Cube	Final	2	40.59	42.18	South Africa	40.59	48.36	43.81	41.26	41.46
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	2	3:01.57	DNF	South Africa	DNF	3:01.57	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	3	21.90	25.13	South Africa	21.90	25.79	22.86	26.73	28.29
Pyraminx	Final	3	5.36	6.32	South Africa	6.71	5.36	8.60	6.19	6.06
	First round	4	4.93	7.84	South Africa	7.52	11.60	6.33	4.93	9.68
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	2	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	DNS

Elijah Scott - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	13	31.46	36.36	South Africa	38.04	31.46	38.28	DNF	32.76
	First round	15	29.37	36.44	South Africa	29.37	35.88	54.69	31.38	42.05
2x2x2 Cube	First round	15	14.72	22.31	South Africa	18.75	DNF	14.82	14.72	33.35

Elsabé Erasmus - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	13.99	14.84	South Africa	13.99	15.43	14.56	14.53	17.56
	First round	7	13.50	15.02	South Africa	16.35	16.47	14.41	14.30	13.50
2x2x2 Cube	Final	9	5.00	7.09	South Africa	5.81	5.00	8.30	7.15	11.18
	First round	6	2.75	5.17	South Africa	4.59	4.62	2.75	9.75	6.29
4x4x4 Cube	Final	8	1:01.53	1:19.85	South Africa	1:22.86	1:20.30	1:21.66	1:01.53	1:17.59
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	3	6:27.73	DNF	South Africa	DNF	6:27.73	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	4	21.39	25.57	South Africa	24.42	25.90	21.39	34.80	26.38
Clock	Final	5	13.55	16.57	South Africa	34.42	13.55	16.90	18.97	13.84
Pyraminx	Final	7	8.91	9.75	South Africa	8.95	11.21	9.08	8.91	15.65
	First round	5	6.40	8.72	South Africa	8.75	7.39	11.26	6.40	10.01

Grant Robert King - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	8.67	10.86	South Africa	11.48	8.67	14.84	11.75	9.36
	First round	2	8.26	10.65	South Africa	10.33	10.31	11.88	11.30	8.26
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	2.56	4.18	South Africa	2.56	3.70	4.87	3.97	5.48
	First round	3	3.20	4.27	South Africa	5.34	3.20	3.71	4.88	4.22
4x4x4 Cube	Final	4	43.63	49.64	South Africa	43.63	53.54	52.60	46.69	49.64
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	2	17.93	20.07	South Africa	20.81	17.93	21.27	18.14	21.27
Clock	Final	1	7.64	8.77	South Africa	8.63	9.15	9.99	7.64	8.52
Pyraminx	Final	2	5.19	5.71	South Africa	6.16	5.24	5.74	5.19	10.03
	First round	2	4.07	6.06	South Africa	6.87	4.87	6.45	8.02	4.07

Herco Steyn - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	18	1:09.78		1:19.26		South Africa	1:09.78	1:16.16	1:29.51	1:17.83	1:23.79

Joshua Holtzhausen - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	17	45.94		51.01		South Africa	51.15	54.17	47.72	45.94	58.67
Clock	Final	8	22.13		24.32		South Africa	DNF	25.69	22.96	24.31	22.13

Keyara Ramsamy - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	13	28.83		32.24		South Africa	28.83	39.15	31.28	31.97	33.46
Pyraminx	First round	14	18.98		30.54		South Africa	32.90	21.73	18.98	37.00	49.58

Levi Jordan Simeon - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	9	18.29	21.10	South Africa	18.29	24.08	21.51	21.40	20.40
	First round	9	16.99	20.91	South Africa	26.37	23.97	19.70	16.99	19.05
2x2x2 Cube	Final	12	8.70	10.99	South Africa	13.36	10.30	12.57	8.70	10.11
	First round	12	6.37	10.00	South Africa	10.18	6.37	12.83	11.14	8.68
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	11	44.04	1:19.87	South Africa	1:13.64	44.04	1:41.96	1:04.01	DNF
Pyraminx	First round	11	10.09	11.36	South Africa	11.25	12.66	10.85	11.97	10.09

Matthew Eaton - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	14	25.20	37.42	South Africa	35.49	46.68	39.22	37.54	25.20
	First round	12	20.54	30.23	South Africa	40.99	24.13	29.44	37.13	20.54
2x2x2 Cube	First round	13	5.76	12.42	South Africa	5.76	12.09	10.56	14.61	15.07
4x4x4 Cube	Final	9	2:16.21		South Africa	DNF	2:16.21
Pyraminx	First round	13	15.86	23.77	South Africa	32.78	15.86	23.29	20.00	28.03

Rhynard Steyn - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	12.47	14.39	South Africa	12.74	13.17	19.21	12.47	17.25
	First round	4	10.62	12.62	South Africa	16.32	12.51	14.34	11.02	10.62
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	2.34	3.48	South Africa	3.87	3.95	2.34	2.65	3.92
	First round	2	2.99	3.93	South Africa	4.42	2.99	3.73	3.95	4.12
4x4x4 Cube	Final	5	47.64	50.79	South Africa	47.64	52.26	51.16	48.95	1:04.49
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	5	18.92	27.50	South Africa	27.92	18.92	44.07	27.60	26.98
Clock	Final	2	10.06	11.76	South Africa	11.94	10.06	12.87	11.37	11.97
Pyraminx	Final	1	4.06	4.49	South Africa	4.17	5.78	4.56	4.06	4.73
	First round	1	3.43	4.35	South Africa	5.99	3.60	4.88	4.57	3.43

Shivaay Bhola - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	12	24.84	32.97	South Africa	29.55	1:04.18	24.84	33.69	35.66
	First round	14	30.61	36.11	South Africa	35.69	30.61	34.47	38.16	DNF
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	8.68	10.08	South Africa	8.92	11.49	8.68	9.82	11.50
	First round	11	5.07	9.91	South Africa	15.48	5.07	11.01	10.73	8.00
Clock	Final	9	25.28	41.63	South Africa	47.42	25.28	DNF	39.83	37.63

Sidharth Keshava Singh - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	16	40.53	43.58	South Africa	40.53	47.55	42.21	45.48	43.05
2x2x2 Cube	First round	14	10.25	16.16	South Africa	24.27	12.24	10.25	19.69	16.56
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	12	1:12.19		South Africa	1:12.98	1:12.19
Pyraminx	First round	12	12.84	18.97	South Africa	22.70	12.84	19.71	20.12	17.08

Timothy Lawrance - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	16.98	19.02	South Africa	16.98	18.00	20.25	20.93	18.80
	First round	8	19.09	20.90	South Africa	20.25	20.32	19.09	22.14	32.88
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	5.37	5.90	South Africa	5.94	DNF	5.84	5.93	5.37
	First round	7	5.63	6.23	South Africa	6.16	5.66	7.16	5.63	6.87
4x4x4 Cube	Final	7	1:07.04	1:12.87	South Africa	1:07.04	1:19.60	1:11.08	1:07.92	1:20.47
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	1	1:52.57	DNF	South Africa	1:52.57	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	8	42.47	51.54	South Africa	42.47	52.16	55.52	1:11.19	46.94
Clock	Final	3	12.28	13.67	South Africa	15.31	13.17	12.52	12.28	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	4	5.28	6.80	South Africa	5.28	8.44	5.89	6.07	13.18
	First round	3	5.47	7.68	South Africa	5.61	9.24	10.94	8.18	5.47
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	1	5:49.85	DNF	South Africa	5:49.85	6:02.57	DNF

Tobias Lochner - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	10	22.01	27.25	South Africa	25.14	31.07	25.55	32.73	22.01
	First round	11	24.48	29.47	South Africa	31.88	28.97	27.66	31.77	24.48
2x2x2 Cube	Final	8	5.47	6.68	South Africa	10.42	6.44	7.84	5.76	5.47
	First round	8	4.02	7.04	South Africa	6.38	DNF	4.02	6.34	8.41
4x4x4 Cube	Final	10	2:16.62		South Africa	2:16.62	2:21.05
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	10	57.79	1:03.93	South Africa	57.79	1:10.35	1:31.44	1:03.00	58.45
Clock	Final	10	22.17	DNF	South Africa	22.17	DNF	24.80	35.34	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	5	4.98	7.42	South Africa	11.35	7.75	7.54	4.98	6.98
	First round	9	7.19	10.51	South Africa	12.68	10.96	9.93	7.19	10.65

Tobie Lochner - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	19	2:22.12		3:47.15		South Africa	2:22.12	2:48.42	5:16.02	3:17.01	DNF
2x2x2 Cube	First round	16	26.11		48.61		South Africa	58.69	38.12	1:05.03	26.11	49.03

Vidya Moodley - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	11	21.34	27.71	South Africa	32.51	DNF	22.44	28.19	21.34
	First round	10	21.27	27.11	South Africa	29.65	21.27	23.17	29.22	28.94
2x2x2 Cube	Final	10	6.93	7.35	South Africa	6.93	7.97	6.93	7.15	8.39
	First round	9	5.72	7.06	South Africa	8.06	6.02	7.11	8.47	5.72
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	9	48.35	1:00.77	South Africa	1:11.67	49.11	1:28.37	48.35	1:01.53
Pyraminx	Final	9	9.60	11.19	South Africa	11.15	15.73	11.78	10.63	9.60
	First round	8	8.18	10.31	South Africa	9.12	11.45	8.18	10.37	15.63

Waseem Hoosain - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	6.51	8.47	South Africa	6.51	7.76	7.77	9.89	10.62
	First round	1	7.10	9.03	South Africa	8.52	10.93	7.10	10.33	8.24
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	2.32	4.10	South Africa	2.32	4.22	3.78	4.81	4.30
	First round	1	3.20	3.79	South Africa	3.98	3.20	4.06	4.90	3.32
4x4x4 Cube	Final	1	28.43	31.59	South Africa	28.43	35.69	31.86	29.55	33.35
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	4	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed	Final	1	12.70	14.44	South Africa	14.05	14.50	12.70	14.76	DNF
Clock	Final	7	18.64	23.59	South Africa	30.04	18.83	27.69	18.64	24.24
Pyraminx	Final	6	6.01	8.09	South Africa	6.01	9.20	8.57	9.30	6.50
	First round	10	6.59	10.85	South Africa	14.19	7.11	11.26	16.68	6.59