GAN WCA African Championship 2026


Information

Welcome to GAN WCA African Championship 2026!

Check out the Official African Championship Website on CubingZA!

GANCUBE are the title sponsors of African Champs 2026. We sincerely thank them for their support! Check out the Partners and Sponsors tab for more information.

Events
Main event
Competitors
115
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 R450 (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 by contacting the organization team.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of R500 (South African Rand).
Spectators can attend paying an entry fee of R100 (South African Rand).

Registration information

The registration fee has to be paid through the CubingZA registration portal here once registered.
Each competitor can bring 2 spectators as part of their entrance fee, additional spectators can be admitted for R100 (South African Rand) each, paid 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 2 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 and WCA.
  • Attendance for the Opening Ceremony with some local flavour.
  • Access to the Relay - format and entries to be announced soon.

Payment:

Upon registering you will receive an email stating “Your registration for WCA African Championship 2026 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

Please ensure you have paid the registration fees. Your registration is not complete and will not be processed until you have paid the R500 (South African Rand) registration fee. Contact the organisational team if you encounter an issue.

Early Bird Pricing:

Until the end of the 31st of March there will be a 10% discount on your entry that will automatically be applied when you checkout at the payment gateway.

Waiting List:

Once the competitor limit of 250 has filled, the waiting list will be opened.
You must pay the R500 (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 competitor withdraws.
All competitors still on the waiting list after Monday September 21 at 14:00pm GMT+2 will be removed and provided with a full refund.
You may enquire about your position on the waiting list by contacting the organisational team.

Changing Events:

You may change the events you are registered for until your entry is accepted. Change your events on the Register page. If your entry is already accepted, you must contact the organisational team to request your event changes. The cutoff for adding new events to your entry is Monday September 21 at 14:00pm GMT+2. After this date it is not possible to add further events. Please let us know if you wish to drop out of any event(s), even after this deadline!

Deleting Registration/Refunds:

If you can no longer make it to the competition you may request a refund.
To receive a full refund you must contact the organisational team by the Friday, September 18 at 11:59pm GMT+2.
Withdrawing enables us to maximise attendance and for competitors on the waiting list to attend.

Spectator Tickets:

Competitors may have up to 2 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 WCA African Championship 2026 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.

Fewest Moves

WCA African FMC Championship 2026 will be held on separate dates and in multiple venues - to find out more click here

Highlights
Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Juandré Jacobs won with an average of 7.35 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Daniel Rush finished second (7.52) and Christian Swartz finished third (8.25).

African records: Daniel Rush‎ 5x5x5 Cube 40.93 (average), 7x7x7 Cube 1:45.12 (single), and 7x7x7 Cube 1:48.05 (average); Jesse Osburn‎ Pyraminx 2.58 (average) and Pyraminx 2.54 (average).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Juandré Jacobs 6.87 7.35 South Africa 6.917.447.708.446.87
2 Daniel Rush 6.90 7.52 South Africa 6.906.9311.138.547.09
3 Christian Swartz 7.16 8.25 South Africa 7.167.5210.769.597.64

2x2x2 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniël Switijnk 1.57 1.94 Netherlands 2.211.572.311.901.70
2 Juandré Jacobs 2.16 2.43 South Africa 2.872.442.552.302.16
3 Henri Gerber 1.76 2.46 Germany 1.762.791.853.972.73

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 22.90 25.42 South Africa 25.9426.6122.9023.8326.50
2 Henri Gerber 27.95 30.85 Germany 29.7727.9532.6331.9630.82
3 Christian Swartz 28.22 31.72 South Africa 29.2728.2233.8740.0132.03

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 41.59 44.82 South Africa 46.9443.1544.6446.6841.59
2 Osman Badroodin 55.14 57.78 South Africa 55.5959.2055.1458.561:00.95
3 Henri Gerber 53.67 58.53 Germany 53.6757.691:00.641:02.8957.27

6x6x6 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 1:20.81 1:22.73 South Africa 1:21.561:20.811:25.83
2 Henri Gerber 1:37.58 1:41.66 Germany 1:37.581:47.421:39.99
3 Osman Badroodin 1:55.40 1:58.73 South Africa 1:58.152:02.651:55.40

7x7x7 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Daniel Rush 1:45.12 AfR 1:48.05 AfR South Africa 1:47.981:51.051:45.12
2 Henri Gerber 2:32.33 2:38.83 Germany 2:51.432:32.332:32.73
3 Osman Badroodin 2:50.07 2:57.62 South Africa 2:50.072:56.533:06.26

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Tobias Peter 25.30 DNF Switzerland DNFDNFDNFDNF25.30
2 Henri Gerber 34.51 DNF Germany 42.04DNF34.5151.13DNF
3 Marike Faught 36.84 DNF South Africa 37.0959.85DNF36.84DNF

3x3x3 One-Handed

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Henri Gerber 10.69 11.82 Germany 11.0210.6913.3214.5911.11
2 Joshua Christian Marais 10.68 12.39 South Africa 13.4510.6817.2811.6212.11
3 Tobias Peter 12.43 13.62 Switzerland 13.8813.5014.8713.4712.43

Clock

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Anja Strydom 4.59 5.23 South Africa 5.734.905.064.59DNF
2 Seán O'Toole 4.41 5.78 Ireland 6.317.094.415.795.25
3 Daniel Rush 5.82 6.95 South Africa 6.368.309.246.185.82

Megaminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Henri Gerber 34.32 38.33 Germany 43.7536.4034.3238.5540.03
2 Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue 37.24 41.65 South Africa 37.2441.9241.0641.9743.32
3 Heinrich de Lange 43.09 43.47 South Africa 43.4643.4748.2743.0943.49

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Caspar Switijnk 1.59 2.19 Netherlands 2.333.582.321.931.59
2 Jesse Osburn 2.35 2.54 AfR South Africa 2.663.932.352.502.47
3 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 2.53 3.01 South Africa 3.672.833.452.532.74

Skewb

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Henri Gerber 2.93 3.73 Germany 4.922.933.493.963.75
2 Stephanus Blignaut 2.96 3.78 South Africa 3.742.963.605.433.99
3 Jahziel Dominic Alonzo 3.61 4.53 South Africa 6.003.613.903.935.76

Square-1

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Osman Badroodin 8.21 10.64 South Africa 10.1413.308.478.2113.80
2 Daniel Rush 10.15 12.89 South Africa 14.4110.1512.5111.7516.02
3 Daniel David Mizen 10.52 13.96 South Africa 15.6810.5215.6910.5222.95

4x4x4 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Henri Gerber 4:58.26 DNF Germany DNF4:58.26DNF
2 Timothy Lawrance 6:08.76 DNF South Africa DNF6:08.76DNF
3 Marike Faught 6:12.67 DNF South Africa DNF6:12.67DNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Marike Faught 11:42.00 DNF South Africa 11:42.00DNFDNF
2 Timothy Lawrance 16:48.00 DNF South Africa DNF16:48.00DNF
3 Maverick Pearson 26:40.00 DNF South Africa 26:40.00DNFDNS

3x3x3 Multi-Blind

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Marike Faught 20/23 1:00:00 South Africa 18/21 57:2520/23 1:00:00
2 Dylan Swarts 16/19 51:47 South Africa 16/19 51:4718/23 1:00:00
3 Henri Gerber 10/12 54:09 Germany DNS10/12 54:09
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