Noordhoek Quiet Xmas 2025

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Date: Dec 27, 2025
City: Cape Town, South Africa
Venue: Noordhoek Community Center
Address: Avondrust Cir, Chapmans Peak, Cape Town, 7979
Contact: arush@worldcubeassociation.org
Organizer: Daniel Rush
WCA Delegates: Anthony Kalaya Rush, Daniel David Mizen, and Maverick Pearson

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Information: INFORMATION
CubingZA is very happy to announce Noordhoek Quiet Xmas Edition 2025! This will be a PBQ-style competition with all the blindfolded events. Please see the events tab for more information.
Don't forget that to participate you need to register for the competition in the "Register" tab, and make payment by buying a ticket. Please see Registration Requirements below.

Events
Main event
Competitors: 9

Registration period: Online registration opened and closed .
Registration requirements: This competition is over, click here to display the registration requirements it used.

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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 25 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 R120 (South African Rand).

There is a competitor limit of 25 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R100 (South African Rand).
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.
Spectators can attend for free.

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
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 for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
3. The competitor must pay the entry fee using the link provided below

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SPECTATORS
Competitors are welcome to bring 1 spectator with them. Please let us know if you need to accommodate more spectators.

VOLUNTEERING
Due to the small amount of competitors at this competition we would greatly appreciate any help for either judging, running or scrambling. Some of these roles are slightly different for BLD events than at regular competitions, if you are unsure we will be happy to explain how they work on the day.
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Marike Faught won with a single solve of 1:17.09 in the 3x3x3 Blindfolded event. Timothy Lawrance finished second (1:43.46) and Daniel Rush finished third (1:43.55).

African records: Marike Faught‎ 5x5x5 Blindfolded 9:51.81 (single).

Event	Name	Best		Average	Representing	Solves
6x6x6 Cube	Daniel Rush	1:21.24		1:25.40	South Africa	1:26.56	1:28.39	1:21.24
7x7x7 Cube	Daniel Rush	2:00.06		2:03.17	South Africa	2:09.08	2:00.36	2:00.06
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Marike Faught	1:17.09		DNF	South Africa	DNF	1:17.09	DNF
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Marike Faught	4:31.42		DNF	South Africa	5:27.81	4:31.42	DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded	Marike Faught	9:51.81	AfR	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	9:51.81
3x3x3 Multi-Blind	Marike Faught	20/21 55:57			South Africa	20/21 55:57	15/23 56:12

VOLUNTEERING
Due to the small amount of competitors at this competition we would greatly appreciate any help for either judging, running or scrambling. Some of these roles are slightly different for BLD events than at regular competitions, if you are unsure we will be happy to explain how they work on the day.

WHAT’S NEARBY?

* Noordhoek beach and The Common are close by so if you need to stretch your legs or take a break and get some fresh air, these are lovely places to go.
https://thefarmvillage.co.za/
* If you’re in the mood for food, the Farm Village has Café Roux and The Deli with tasty fresh food and drink.
https://thefarmvillage.co.za/eat-and-drink
* If you’re in need of a caffeine hit The Roost has all types of delicious coffees and freshly baked goods.
* Or you can visit the Juice bar opposite The Roost.
* Beach Road is also close by with a few restaurants such as Aegir and Limoncello, the restaurant Jake’s is right next door to the competition venue as well.
https://aegirprojectbrewery.com/

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 2024, 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 (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.