Menlo Cubing Open 2025
- Date
- Sep 27 - 28, 2025
- City
- Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
- Venue
Laerskool Menlopark
- Address
- 10th street, Menlo park, Pretoria, Gauteng
- Details
A school hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Andries Kruger, Herco Steyn, and Ruben Grobler
- WCA Delegates
- Christiaan Botha and Marike Faught
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
VOLUNTEERING
Please note that all 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", but you can take a look at this video.
If any parents are willing to help judge or run, please watch the above video if you have not been a judge/runner at previous competitions. We greatly appreciate all assistance during the competition and more volunteers helping out during the competition helps to stay on schedule and not run behind.
Sponsorship

A big thanks to Cubestuff who will co host this competition. They will have a stall set up at the venue for you to buy the different speedcubes they have on offer.
You can also go to Cubestuff.co.za to order a variety of cubes and equipment online.
NOTICE FOR COMPETITORS
Be sure to be ready to compete in any of your scheduled events at least 30 minutes before the scheduled starting time.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 72
- 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 100 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 .
We encourage everyone to register for the events they want to compete in via your online registration, however you may add events to your registration up until the event has started.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of R100 (South African Rand).
Any spectator can attend for free.
Payment
Payment methods:
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Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
1. First-timer competitors must 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 online for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
3. Credit and Debit Card payments for the competition entry fee can be made at the following link
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The competition entry fee will be R100 for one day, or R200 for both days.Please note:
* If you haven't both registered for the competition (Step 2) and paid for a ticket (Step 3) before registration closes, you will not be able to compete.
* Once you have registered for the competition online, you will receive an email confirming that your registration is pending. Once you have made the payment at the link above, we will accept your registration. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Daniel Rush won with an average of 6.70 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Shivaan Harichander finished second (8.21) and Juandré Jacobs finished third (8.55).
African records: Daniel Rush 5x5x5 Cube 36.94 (single).
3x3x3 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 5.64 | 6.70 | South Africa | 6.96 | 6.64 | 6.50 | 7.77 | 5.64 | |||
| 2 | Shivaan Harichander | 6.99 | 8.21 | South Africa | 8.60 | 8.67 | 7.35 | 8.70 | 6.99 | |||
| 3 | Juandré Jacobs | 8.05 | 8.55 | South Africa | 8.32 | 9.01 | 8.33 | 9.80 | 8.05 | |||
2x2x2 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruben Grobler | 1.49 | 2.29 | South Africa | 2.24 | 2.44 | 1.49 | 3.72 | 2.20 | |||
| 2 | Rhynard Steyn | 2.02 | 3.07 | South Africa | 2.65 | 3.05 | 3.63 | 2.02 | 3.50 | |||
| 3 | Juandré Jacobs | 3.17 | 3.49 | South Africa | 3.83 | 3.38 | 3.48 | 3.60 | 3.17 | |||
4x4x4 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 24.16 | 26.44 | South Africa | 24.16 | 30.88 | 28.64 | 25.48 | 25.21 | |||
| 2 | Isaac Scheepers | 28.99 | 32.06 | South Africa | 39.42 | 29.21 | 28.99 | 33.90 | 33.08 | |||
| 3 | Osman Badroodin | 31.57 | 32.43 | South Africa | 33.45 | 32.55 | 31.57 | 33.11 | 31.64 | |||
5x5x5 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 36.94 | AfR | 47.06 | South Africa | 50.89 | 46.54 | 36.94 | 54.26 | 43.75 | ||
| 2 | Ruben Grobler | 1:00.72 | 1:02.40 | South Africa | 1:01.96 | 1:00.72 | 1:00.72 | 1:07.58 | 1:04.53 | |||
| 3 | Osman Badroodin | 56.23 | 1:02.53 | South Africa | 1:07.43 | 56.23 | 1:02.83 | 1:06.78 | 57.99 | |||
6x6x6 Cube
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 1:29.81 | 1:30.95 | South Africa | 1:31.98 | 1:31.06 | 1:29.81 | |||||
| 2 | Osman Badroodin | 1:57.04 | 1:58.59 | South Africa | 1:57.04 | 1:59.54 | 1:59.20 | |||||
| 3 | Ruben Grobler | 1:57.25 | 2:17.03 | South Africa | 2:40.58 | 2:13.25 | 1:57.25 | |||||
3x3x3 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruben Grobler | 1:13.24 | DNF | South Africa | 1:13.24 | 1:20.74 | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Daniel Rush | 1:22.08 | DNF | South Africa | 1:22.08 | 1:30.42 | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Joshua Bennett | 3:12.54 | DNF | South Africa | DNF | 3:12.54 | DNF | |||||
Clock
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 5.36 | 7.17 | South Africa | 5.36 | 7.29 | 8.22 | 6.01 | 9.91 | |||
| 2 | Ian Luies | 8.51 | 9.04 | South Africa | 9.44 | 8.77 | 8.51 | 8.90 | DNF | |||
| 3 | Miga Ferreira | 9.41 | 9.83 | South Africa | DNF | 9.51 | 9.41 | 10.13 | 9.84 | |||
Megaminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rush | 46.58 | 49.31 | South Africa | 51.94 | 47.53 | 46.58 | 50.64 | 49.77 | |||
| 2 | Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue | 50.11 | 52.18 | South Africa | 50.11 | 54.93 | 51.00 | 52.54 | 53.00 | |||
| 3 | Osman Badroodin | 49.28 | 58.40 | South Africa | 55.29 | 49.28 | 1:02.91 | 57.01 | 1:10.37 | |||
Pyraminx
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhynard Steyn | 3.56 | 3.89 | South Africa | 3.59 | 3.56 | 4.79 | 3.75 | 4.33 | |||
| 2 | Ruben Grobler | 3.41 | 4.42 | South Africa | 3.41 | 4.93 | 4.48 | 3.84 | 6.43 | |||
| 3 | Daniel Rush | 4.48 | 5.07 | South Africa | 4.48 | 4.73 | 5.58 | 4.91 | 6.73 | |||
Skewb
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruben Grobler | 2.21 | 4.15 | South Africa | 4.51 | 3.57 | 4.38 | 2.21 | 5.83 | |||
| 2 | Daniel Rush | 3.03 | 5.24 | South Africa | 6.13 | 3.90 | 8.86 | 3.03 | 5.68 | |||
| 3 | Rhynard Steyn | 3.33 | 5.80 | South Africa | 5.63 | 6.27 | 5.51 | 3.33 | 9.68 | |||
4x4x4 Blindfolded
| # | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marike Faught | 4:32.75 | DNF | South Africa | 4:32.75 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| 2 | Ruben Grobler | 6:34.94 | DNF | South Africa | DNF | 6:34.94 | DNF | |||||
| 3 | Daniel Rush | 7:54.55 | DNF | South Africa | 7:54.55 | DNF | DNF | |||||