Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026


Date
Mar 29, 2026
City
Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Venue

Actonville Primary School

Address
1273 Karolia St, Actonville, Benoni, 1506
Details

In the school hall

Website
Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 website
Contact

ykarim@worldcubeassociation.org

Organizer
Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim
WCA Delegates
Marike Faught and Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim
Download all the competition's details as PDF here.
Information

CubingZA is excited to announce Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026!! Don't forget that to participate you need to register for the competition in the "Register" tab, and pay for your ticket to confirm your entry. Please see Registration Requirements below for instructions and when registration opens.

We will be having the Beginner Events in the morning and Blindfolded Events in the afternoon. There will be a separate Awards' Ceremony after each one so if you can, feel free to stick around for both and witness Total Non-Stop Action...with your eyes open or closed!!

All New Competitors
If this is your first time competing, or the first time your child or ward is competing, please ensure to bring with ID (card, book, passport, birth certificate) so that we can verify that the name is spelled correctly, the Date of Birth is correct, and the Nationality is correct.
Please also ensure you have all the puzzles you need to compete - we do not supply puzzles for competitors. You are welcome to ask other competitors if you can borrow their puzzle for a certain event, but there is no guarantee.

Events
Main event
Competitors
49
Registration period

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Registration requirements
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There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R150 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 50% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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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 for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
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Highlights
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Amahle Nyembe won with an average of 8.28 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Juandré Jacobs finished second (8.58) and Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue finished third (10.11).

Amahle Nyembe - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 1 7.76 8.28 South Africa 8.358.198.317.7612.47
First round 1 7.48 8.18 South Africa 8.278.147.488.1410.40
2x2x2 Cube Final 3 2.66 4.00 South Africa 3.353.854.812.665.16
Pyraminx Final 4 7.34 8.09 South Africa 8.488.937.957.347.83

Bethanie Botha - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 16 14.83 17.35 South Africa 23.8315.4320.1314.8316.49
First round 13 13.54 15.37 South Africa 15.7317.9416.3813.5414.00
2x2x2 Cube Final 17 5.50 6.30 South Africa 5.509.806.706.445.76
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF South Africa DNFDNFDNFDNSDNS

Boikanyo Maboe - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 17 16.44 19.57 South Africa 21.8719.9716.4416.8624.55
2x2x2 Cube Final 18 5.50 6.50 South Africa 8.195.645.897.975.50
Pyraminx Final 29 12.53 17.74 South Africa 24.73DNF13.9814.5112.53

Bruce Engelbrecht - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 22 18.80 21.69 South Africa 18.8022.2023.1226.2919.74
2x2x2 Cube Final 27 5.42 9.64 South Africa 7.995.4213.0817.717.84
Pyraminx Final 27 12.82 17.36 South Africa 14.9114.1626.7312.8223.00

Cameron Lochrie Mcleod - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 34 19.73 30.64 South Africa 32.7329.3038.4719.7329.88
2x2x2 Cube Final 34 5.12 14.69 South Africa 16.3111.8624.375.1215.91
Pyraminx Final 31 16.52 19.15 South Africa 19.9227.0118.5616.5218.96

Chanel Blom - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 23 20.37 23.36 South Africa 20.3726.5324.2020.8525.02
2x2x2 Cube Final 31 9.78 13.08 South Africa 9.7813.4812.8617.0112.90
Pyraminx Final 30 13.28 18.17 South Africa 20.2813.2817.7219.6817.10

Christiaan Botha - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF South Africa DNFDNFDNFDNFDNS
Pyraminx Final 3 6.36 7.77 South Africa 9.437.446.366.4312.14

Craig Peeters - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 26 22.83 26.20 South Africa 42.5725.6522.8328.9424.01
2x2x2 Cube Final 14 5.49 5.72 South Africa 5.49DNF5.615.745.80
Pyraminx Final 18 7.41 12.20 South Africa 7.4114.1611.9112.1212.56

Eli John Mcleod - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 48 1:22.59 DNF South Africa 1:22.59DNF1:31.532:41.91DNF
Pyraminx Final 34 21.12 25.89 South Africa 21.1230.7021.7525.2338.88

Eliyah Samson Visser - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 28 26.40 28.02 South Africa 28.3026.4029.2626.4935.68
2x2x2 Cube Final 20 5.35 6.97 South Africa 7.715.358.116.996.21
Pyraminx Final 22 10.78 13.74 South Africa 15.6512.6612.9210.7816.12

Esa Choonara - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 36 26.42 34.67 South Africa DNF39.3430.2334.4526.42
2x2x2 Cube Final 32 8.21 13.81 South Africa 18.818.2113.6417.6110.18

Gary Gao - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 37 31.01 38.56 South Africa 47.2134.0843.4038.2031.01

Gustav Greyling - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 24 18.48 23.74 South Africa 22.5427.6418.4821.0433.83

Hammaad Dawood - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 30 22.75 28.25 South Africa 29.0236.5329.0226.7222.75
2x2x2 Cube Final 29 6.96 11.01 South Africa 9.4216.096.96DNF7.53
Pyraminx Final 23 11.91 13.75 South Africa 11.9115.5013.8011.9419.99

Ian James Mcleod - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 19 17.24 20.02 South Africa 25.2317.2420.2218.2321.61
2x2x2 Cube Final 28 7.09 10.62 South Africa 15.1413.638.0410.197.09
Pyraminx Final 25 9.97 14.78 South Africa 9.9725.5115.3717.6111.35

Jacques Andre Horne - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 12 14.36 15.94 South Africa 16.5615.1616.6914.3616.09
First round 15 13.09 17.77 South Africa 13.0924.2618.5619.2615.49
2x2x2 Cube Final 7 3.93 4.82 South Africa 5.854.486.834.143.93
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 6 5:15.36 DNF South Africa DNFDNF5:15.36DNF6:47.78
Pyraminx Final 15 7.78 11.66 South Africa 10.547.7810.6515.6213.78

Jacques Botha - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 9 12.68 14.60 South Africa 12.68DNF16.5413.7513.51
First round 14 15.16 15.49 South Africa 15.1615.8015.2615.8815.40
2x2x2 Cube Final 15 4.69 5.80 South Africa 4.695.455.027.896.93

James Ford - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 6 11.16 13.69 South Africa 11.1614.3512.1315.0914.60
First round 8 13.83 14.92 South Africa 16.3413.8314.6414.8215.29
2x2x2 Cube Final 10 3.83 5.35 South Africa 3.837.484.274.557.23
Pyraminx Final 2 4.87 6.63 South Africa 5.946.784.877.188.66

Jeanne Horne - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 46 49.59 1:10.30 South Africa 1:12.681:12.171:07.1449.591:11.60

Johan George - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 10 13.23 14.94 South Africa 13.2315.1213.5418.2316.17
First round 16 14.27 18.37 South Africa DNF21.4514.2717.7515.90
2x2x2 Cube Final 13 4.36 5.65 South Africa 4.366.2810.795.615.06
Pyraminx Final 35 11.39 DNF South Africa 16.64DNF19.9211.39DNF

Joshua Bennett - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 15 13.48 16.32 South Africa 18.0415.0113.4815.9220.35
First round 12 13.98 15.22 South Africa 14.3015.5316.6113.9815.83
2x2x2 Cube Final 9 4.68 5.25 South Africa 5.734.685.325.065.37
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 3 1:57.22 DNF South Africa DNFDNF1:57.22DNFDNF
Pyraminx Final 1 5.49 6.46 South Africa 6.415.597.385.4910.04
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 3 DNF DNF South Africa DNFDNFDNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 2 DNF DNF South Africa DNFDNSDNS

Juandré Jacobs - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 2 5.78 8.58 South Africa 5.787.989.818.639.13
First round 2 6.08 8.61 South Africa 6.0811.4710.658.197.00
2x2x2 Cube Final 1 2.54 3.05 South Africa 2.552.543.383.234.01
Pyraminx Final 13 9.25 11.09 South Africa 9.2515.1711.139.2712.88

Kabelo Matjie - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 35 30.82 31.89 South Africa 30.821:17.5831.8532.7931.04

Kai Williams - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 41 46.98 52.09 South Africa 50.0750.9646.981:00.6055.23

Lethabo Langa - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 42 43.53 52.67 South Africa 1:01.4249.4956.8943.5351.63
2x2x2 Cube Final 40 14.08 26.81 South Africa 34.2814.0846.5618.0628.08

Lewis Janse van Rensburg - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 21 20.09 21.11 South Africa 21.6221.2921.2020.0920.83
2x2x2 Cube Final 5 3.77 4.66 South Africa DNF4.823.775.014.16
Pyraminx Final 7 7.44 8.86 South Africa 9.339.328.837.448.44

Luka Cvetkovic - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 43 50.34 55.53 South Africa 50.34DNF54.1155.1557.34
2x2x2 Cube Final 39 10.79 25.93 South Africa 10.7949.9515.64DNF12.20
Pyraminx Final 28 9.31 17.73 South Africa 24.7121.309.3112.9718.93

Lwaluhle Akhisu Mwelase - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 29 19.87 28.07 South Africa 27.9729.85DNF26.4019.87
2x2x2 Cube Final 25 7.27 7.98 South Africa 7.997.539.327.278.42
Pyraminx Final 24 13.22 14.11 South Africa 13.5114.8413.9913.2215.26

Marike Faught - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 4 11.55 11.87 South Africa 11.6911.9212.0011.5513.39
First round 4 10.54 11.64 South Africa 11.5412.6710.5411.3412.05
2x2x2 Cube Final 11 4.73 5.43 South Africa 4.875.646.824.735.79
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 1 39.10 DNF South Africa DNF40.64DNF39.1053.34
Pyraminx Final 16 7.70 11.72 South Africa 19.7511.517.7012.1211.54
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 1 4:38.47 DNF South Africa DNF4:38.47DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 1 13:16.00 DNF South Africa DNF13:16.00DNF
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 1 17/23 55:46 South Africa 17/23 55:46

Masego Ramotsoenyane - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 27 19.21 26.58 South Africa 19.2127.9028.0628.8423.77
2x2x2 Cube Final 33 10.63 13.89 South Africa 10.6311.4117.3712.9018.41
Pyraminx Final 33 18.60 23.32 South Africa 41.3618.6021.6724.0024.28

Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 11 13.26 15.20 South Africa 13.43DNF17.3514.8113.26
First round 7 10.43 14.67 South Africa 14.5713.5520.6015.8810.43
2x2x2 Cube Final 19 4.93 6.84 South Africa 5.744.934.989.80DNF
Pyraminx Final 10 8.08 10.00 South Africa 10.068.0810.949.0011.30

Michael Kahumba - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 18 14.57 19.70 South Africa 14.5722.1121.1418.7719.20
2x2x2 Cube Final 6 3.88 4.78 South Africa 3.884.464.106.685.77
Pyraminx Final 14 7.89 11.65 South Africa 7.8914.1913.2811.3210.35

Michiel Bernard de Kock - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 7 12.34 14.07 South Africa 12.8014.1912.3415.2316.63
First round 6 13.47 14.23 South Africa 14.1513.8517.3713.4714.68
2x2x2 Cube Final 22 5.86 7.73 South Africa 6.126.9210.1411.435.86
Pyraminx Final 11 7.35 10.27 South Africa 7.3513.579.219.3912.22

Mikhyl Singh - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 8 11.65 14.36 South Africa 15.9612.9019.9314.2111.65
First round 9 11.13 15.01 South Africa 12.3311.1318.4216.3216.37
2x2x2 Cube Final 8 4.49 4.86 South Africa 4.494.815.004.777.97
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF South Africa DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
Pyraminx Final 19 7.84 12.49 South Africa 11.2711.6914.527.8415.74

Mohammed Talha Iqbal - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 38 28.50 39.64 South Africa 43.7851.3228.5037.4237.73
2x2x2 Cube Final 36 13.63 19.85 South Africa 13.6318.5121.0121.3620.03

Muzzammil Khan - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 40 43.03 45.21 South Africa 47.6445.8143.0343.7246.11
2x2x2 Cube Final 38 16.93 20.69 South Africa 24.6832.4516.9318.9718.43

Nardus de Waal - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 5 12.00 13.00 South Africa 12.6616.5013.9112.4312.00
First round 5 10.48 13.01 South Africa 10.4813.1311.6515.2514.24
2x2x2 Cube Final 4 3.34 4.26 South Africa 3.344.678.754.213.91
Pyraminx Final 9 7.14 9.78 South Africa 12.097.148.6814.788.56

Nuha Rizan - Sri Lanka WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 32 25.16 29.92 Sri Lanka 25.1628.0536.2330.3531.37
2x2x2 Cube Final 26 8.12 9.32 Sri Lanka 8.1210.098.269.6013.09
Pyraminx Final 20 10.42 13.10 Sri Lanka 13.3612.4616.0713.4810.42

Oagile Tlotlo Kgomongwe - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 47 1:23.99 2:05.94 South Africa 1:33.722:49.561:23.99DNF1:54.54

Phetolo Mashamaite - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 14 13.88 16.12 South Africa 20.5514.8116.8016.7413.88
First round 11 10.78 15.07 South Africa 15.2713.8720.1910.7816.07
2x2x2 Cube Final 16 5.27 5.93 South Africa 5.605.276.146.606.05
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 4 4:21.01 DNF South Africa DNF4:53.014:21.01DNFDNF
Pyraminx Final 21 8.65 13.66 South Africa 17.8312.8713.288.6514.84

Pieter Cornelius Horne - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 39 35.13 40.02 South Africa 42.0736.6835.1349.7641.30
2x2x2 Cube Final 37 12.47 19.86 South Africa 18.5623.6212.4717.4023.93
Pyraminx Final 32 14.35 21.45 South Africa 24.5326.0614.3517.7022.11

Rayan Krishna Chinsamy - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 44 43.69 57.19 South Africa 50.5853.381:07.60DNF43.69
2x2x2 Cube Final 35 11.02 16.94 South Africa 14.4411.0221.9714.9521.43

Riley Kan - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 45 56.08 59.84 South Africa DNF1:00.0356.0856.511:02.99

Rivan Roux - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 31 23.24 29.35 South Africa 31.40DNF27.1523.2429.50
2x2x2 Cube Final 21 5.66 7.31 South Africa 7.925.978.425.668.05
Pyraminx Final 8 5.96 8.97 South Africa 5.969.4810.197.539.91

Tumelo Kahumba - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 25 19.70 24.65 South Africa 26.4719.7022.5624.9331.50
2x2x2 Cube Final 24 5.65 7.95 South Africa 14.138.289.295.656.28
Pyraminx Final 26 14.38 14.96 South Africa 16.0314.4114.4418.4314.38

Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 3 8.67 10.11 South Africa 12.559.789.8510.708.67
First round 3 9.63 10.73 South Africa 10.9310.5310.739.6314.67
2x2x2 Cube Final 2 3.05 3.94 South Africa 3.053.365.625.193.26
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 5 4:22.82 DNF South Africa DNFDNF4:22.82DNFDNF
Pyraminx Final 12 8.73 10.63 South Africa 9.8814.9812.288.739.74

Wayne Claassen - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 20 18.16 20.89 South Africa 21.9521.0118.1621.8019.86
2x2x2 Cube Final 23 3.77 7.76 South Africa 3.7710.37DNF4.358.56
Pyraminx Final 17 9.66 11.88 South Africa 17.319.6611.6013.2310.81

Yehoshua Notelovitz - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube First round 33 24.94 30.07 South Africa 29.5132.1528.55DNF24.94
2x2x2 Cube Final 30 6.92 12.83 South Africa 10.3518.0517.8310.306.92
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 7 DNF DNF South Africa DNFDNFDNFDNSDNS
Pyraminx Final 5 7.39 8.29 South Africa 7.517.399.268.109.66

Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim - South Africa WCA profile

Event Round # Best Average Representing Solves
3x3x3 Cube Final 13 13.10 16.11 South Africa 13.1019.6313.2515.4431.06
First round 10 14.27 15.02 South Africa 14.2724.5214.9315.4114.72
2x2x2 Cube Final 12 4.26 5.64 South Africa 10.405.426.255.264.26
3x3x3 Blindfolded Final 2 39.65 DNF South Africa 47.33DNFDNF42.2039.65
Pyraminx Final 6 6.86 8.46 South Africa 6.869.047.768.579.77
4x4x4 Blindfolded Final 2 7:02.20 DNF South Africa DNF7:02.20DNF
5x5x5 Blindfolded Final 2 DNF DNF South Africa DNFDNFDNS
3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final 2 DNF South Africa DNF
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