Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024


Date
Sep 21 - 24, 2024
City
Cape Town, South Africa
Venue

Fish Hoek High School

Address
Fish Hoek High
Details

School hall

Contact
Organization team
Organizer
Anthony Kalaya Rush
WCA Delegates
Anthony Kalaya Rush, Brendan James Gray, Brent Boswell, Catherine Rush, Joshua Christian Marais, Marike Faught, Maverick Pearson, Nantenaina Ralambomahay, Rayan Parmar, Roger Nataniel Issassa dos Santos, and Timothy Lawrance
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

Online registration opens Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 3:00 PM GMT+2 and will close Saturday September 07, 2024 at 11:59 PM GMT+2.

Events
Main event
Competitors
118
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 250 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R400 (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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.


Registration requirements

Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 250 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R400 (South African Rand).
The registration fee has to be paid through the CubingZA registration portal here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before Wednesday September 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM GMT+2 you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Tuesday September 10, 2024 at 11:59 PM GMT+2.
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until Tuesday September 10, 2024 at 11:59 PM GMT+2 on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Each competitor can bring 3 spectators as part of their entrance fee, additional spectators can be admitted for a R100 (South African Rand) fee on the day.

What you get

  • A chance to compete against yourself and some of the best cubers on the continent.
  • Access to the venue for you and up to 3 spectators for all four days so you can fully enjoy the experience of watching some of the best cubers solving in record times.
  • Access to the meet and greet sessions with some of the top cubers.
  • A goodie bag with stickers, brochures, pins and a collection of items from CubingZA, WCA and Rubik's.
  • Opening Ceremony with some local flavour.
  • Access to the Rubik's Relay - format and entries to be announced soon.

Payment:

Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Your registration for Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 is submitted and pending approval”. This does NOT mean that you are on the registration list. Competitors will not be approved until payment has been made.

Payment Link

https://reg.cubingza.org/product/rubiks-wca-african-champs-2024/
Please ensure you have paid the registration fees on the register page. Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the R400 (South African Rand) registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.

Waiting List:

Once the competitor limit of 250 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
You must pay the R400 (South African Rand) registration fee to be added to the waiting list.
New registrations will be added to a waitlist and sorted in the order of payment.
Waitlisted competitors will only be added to the competition if an existing competitors withdraws.
All competitors still on the waiting list after Friday September 10, 2024 will be removed and provided with a full refund.
You may enquire about your position on the waiting list by contacting the organisational team.

Deleting Registration/Refunds:

If you can no longer make the competition you may request a refund.
To receive a full refund you must contact the organisational team by Tuesday September 10, 2024.
Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.
You may change the events you are registered on the Register tab by Tuesday September 10, 2024. After this date it is not possible to add further events. It is also acceptable to not show up for any event you do not wish to compete in.

Spectator Tickets:

Competitors may have up to 3 spectators accompany them for free. Additional spectator tickets will be available to purchase for R100 per person at the event.

Notice of filming:

Be aware that filming and photography at the Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 will be prevelant, you therefore consent to your image being used by the World Cube Association and its partners in their marketing and social media platforms by attending.

Highlights
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Daniel Rush won with an average of 7.54 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ruben Grobler finished second (8.65) and Samuel Collett finished third (8.88).

African records: Daniel Rush‎ 3x3x3 Cube 6.27 (average), 5x5x5 Cube 44.51 (single), 5x5x5 Cube 48.05 (average), and 7x7x7 Cube 2:14.84 (average); Estian Blignaut‎ Skewb 2.17 (single) and Skewb 3.39 (average); Jesse Osburn‎ Pyraminx 2.87 (average); Joshua Christian Marais‎ 3x3x3 One-Handed 9.21 (single) and 3x3x3 One-Handed 11.14 (average); Osman Badroodin‎ 3x3x3 One-Handed 9.14 (single); Timothy Lawrance‎ 3x3x3 Fewest Moves 27.33 (average); Tristan Ford‎ Skewb 1.98 (single).

Event Name Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Daniel Rush 6.29 7.54 South Africa 7.8611.168.256.296.50
2x2x2 Cube Ruben Grobler 1.71 2.29 South Africa 3.651.711.803.141.94
4x4x4 Cube Daniel Rush 25.63 31.39 South Africa 33.2326.2725.6334.6634.77
5x5x5 Cube Daniel Rush 45.84 50.01 South Africa 49.1549.6253.1851.2545.84
6x6x6 Cube Daniel Rush 1:31.88 1:33.99 South Africa 1:37.171:31.881:32.93
7x7x7 Cube Daniel Rush 2:15.97 2:22.16 South Africa 2:15.972:21.042:29.47
3x3x3 Blindfolded Guido Dipietro 26.04 DNF Argentina 26.04DNF28.25
3x3x3 Fewest Moves Guido Dipietro 22 23.00 Argentina 222522
3x3x3 One-Handed Osman Badroodin 9.14 AfR 12.53 South Africa 17.6712.989.1412.6211.99
Clock Juan Erasmus 5.60 6.28 South Africa 5.806.706.357.505.60
Megaminx Heinrich de Lange 38.20 44.83 South Africa 46.7847.3443.7943.9238.20
Pyraminx Jesse Osburn 2.32 4.06 South Africa 3.184.194.912.324.81
Skewb Estian Blignaut 3.14 3.96 South Africa 5.113.143.423.694.76
Square-1 Osman Badroodin 9.36 10.90 South Africa 10.4211.2514.9011.029.36
4x4x4 Blindfolded Dylan Swarts 4:47.03 DNF South Africa DNF4:47.03DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Guido Dipietro 8:59.71 DNF Argentina DNF8:59.71DNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Dylan Swarts 17/20 55:50 South Africa 16/18 56:0117/20 55:50