Benoni May Madness 2026

Date: May 17, 2026
City: Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Venue: Actonville Primary School
Address: 1273 Karolia St, Actonville, Benoni, 1506
Details: In the school hall
Website: Benoni May Madness 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 Benoni May Madness 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 an odd mix of main, side and blind events in this One Day, One Stop, All-Out Total Non-Stop Action-Based Competition so be sure to stick around for all sorts of weird and unique tastes of skill, fortitude and perseverance!!

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.

Food and Drinks
Mova Coffee and Sweet N' Sweet will be available from the morning selling food and drinks. They will be around for the duration of the competition so be sure to get your food in between rounds and during lunch because part of being your own champion is competing at your best and not on an empty stomach!!!

Events
Main event
Competitors: 30

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

Hide registration requirements.

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 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 .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
On the spot registrations will be accepted if there are remaining spots available, with a base registration fee of R200 (South African Rand).

Payment

Payment methods:

•
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. Credit and Debit Card payments for the competition entry fee of R150.00 can be made at the the following link.
•
DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU HAVE REGISTERED IN STEP 2 ABOVE PLEASE.
•
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.

Payment link will sent soon
Highlights: Click here to display the highlights of the competition.

Hide highlights.

Juandré Jacobs won with an average of 8.16 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Amahle Nyembe finished second (8.40) and Isaac Scheepers finished third (8.77).

Aidan Visser - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	21	27.60		34.75		South Africa	27.60	32.72	42.42	36.15	35.39

Amahle Nyembe - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	2	7.41	8.40	South Africa	7.41	9.80	7.96	8.25	9.00
	First round	2	7.58	9.12	South Africa	10.34	7.58	8.76	9.29	9.31
2x2x2 Cube	Final	3	2.91	3.88	South Africa	3.92	4.43	3.28	2.91	5.05
	First round	2	2.71	3.13	South Africa	2.79	3.33	3.51	2.71	3.28
Pyraminx	Final	20	7.08	DNF	South Africa	DNF	7.31	7.08	DNF	10.86

Bruce Engelbrecht - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	11	18.69	22.58	South Africa	18.69	23.36	30.50	20.14	24.25
	First round	12	14.52	18.33	South Africa	18.47	14.52	24.69	15.20	21.31
2x2x2 Cube	First round	18	4.88	7.84	South Africa	16.12	7.98	9.88	4.88	5.65
Pyraminx	Final	17	5.36	16.38	South Africa	28.95	16.39	11.90	5.36	20.84
Skewb	Final	13	12.53	20.25	South Africa	12.53	26.95	19.71	14.09	28.46

Cameron Lochrie Mcleod - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	19	25.43		30.00		South Africa	25.43	31.93	33.31	25.65	32.43
2x2x2 Cube	First round	24	8.64		16.27		South Africa	21.03	12.98	14.80	8.64	23.88

Cathy Senekal - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	27	42.47	51.02	South Africa	1:03.52	49.10	42.47	50.09	53.88
2x2x2 Cube	First round	25	11.33	19.24	South Africa	21.70	11.33	24.47	DNF	11.54
Skewb	Final	14	23.28	42.52	South Africa	23.28	44.71	49.03	39.51	43.35

Eliyah Samson Visser - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	12	18.63	22.85	South Africa	21.00	25.14	18.63	23.56	24.00
	First round	14	18.19	22.94	South Africa	24.03	18.19	23.70	21.15	23.96
2x2x2 Cube	Final	12	4.89	6.41	South Africa	8.07	5.68	6.97	6.58	4.89
	First round	14	3.96	6.84	South Africa	6.16	7.60	6.77	8.93	3.96
Pyraminx	Final	14	12.43	14.46	South Africa	16.17	14.48	12.72	12.43	16.27

Gawie Beukman - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	22	31.50	42.65	South Africa	1:52.01	54.08	31.50	37.61	36.27
2x2x2 Cube	First round	27	9.19	21.23	South Africa	30.99	17.37	15.32	DNF	9.19
Pyraminx	Final	18	13.92	19.30	South Africa	15.34	32.06	21.37	13.92	21.19

Ian James Mcleod - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	16	21.65		25.28		South Africa	26.85	29.23	26.05	21.65	22.94
2x2x2 Cube	First round	19	3.99		8.78		South Africa	3.99	9.17	10.14	7.02	10.75

Isaac Scheepers - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	3	6.95	8.77	South Africa	10.06	9.32	7.71	6.95	9.28
	First round	3	7.66	9.41	South Africa	8.21	7.66	10.21	9.81	10.91
2x2x2 Cube	Final	2	2.95	3.74	South Africa	4.04	2.95	3.51	3.67	4.44
	First round	3	2.57	3.40	South Africa	3.42	4.32	2.57	3.48	3.31
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	3	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	2	4.41	5.83	South Africa	7.00	4.41	4.93	5.55	9.09
Skewb	Final	2	5.34	7.39	South Africa	7.16	5.34	7.55	7.46	8.23

James Ford - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	6	11.42	13.56	South Africa	12.61	16.47	DNF	11.42	11.59
	First round	5	10.30	11.81	South Africa	10.57	10.30	12.98	16.74	11.89
2x2x2 Cube	Final	4	2.60	4.15	South Africa	4.84	3.80	6.51	3.80	2.60
	First round	6	3.74	4.51	South Africa	4.60	4.58	7.24	3.74	4.34
Pyraminx	Final	3	3.71	6.67	South Africa	5.12	9.44	7.40	3.71	7.48
Skewb	Final	6	7.73	9.15	South Africa	8.01	11.64	7.73	7.80	15.36

Juandré Jacobs - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	1	7.20	8.16	South Africa	7.78	8.89	7.80	DNF	7.20
	First round	1	7.62	8.79	South Africa	9.29	9.86	7.62	8.01	9.07
2x2x2 Cube	Final	1	2.78	3.38	South Africa	3.29	3.79	3.06	DNF	2.78
	First round	1	2.06	2.77	South Africa	5.52	3.57	2.06	2.55	2.19
Pyraminx	Final	6	7.66	9.34	South Africa	7.66	9.44	9.45	9.14	20.00
Skewb	Final	8	9.62	10.06	South Africa	DNF	10.32	9.81	10.05	9.62

Kagoentle Mokhabela - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	7	13.57	14.20	South Africa	13.57	13.87	14.41	14.37	14.36
	First round	8	12.55	13.63	South Africa	13.99	12.55	14.24	12.66	16.71
2x2x2 Cube	Final	14	4.59	6.66	South Africa	6.18	6.83	6.96	9.14	4.59
	First round	11	2.86	4.87	South Africa	9.08	5.96	2.86	5.32	3.33
Pyraminx	Final	10	8.28	10.30	South Africa	12.88	9.53	8.48	8.28	16.80
Skewb	Final	1	4.53	5.85	South Africa	DNF	6.35	4.53	6.61	4.59

Kale Duard van Rensburg - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	20	24.52	32.26	South Africa	31.73	36.41	31.25	24.52	33.81
2x2x2 Cube	Final	13	5.65	6.49	South Africa	6.09	6.94	8.55	6.44	5.65
	First round	13	5.32	6.34	South Africa	7.52	6.02	5.32	5.93	7.07
Pyraminx	Final	13	9.78	13.67	South Africa	10.05	17.48	13.48	9.78	DNF
Skewb	Final	11	5.67	13.72	South Africa	5.67	13.27	14.81	13.08	17.43

Keanu Frans Steenkamp - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	24	43.05	46.51	South Africa	46.83	48.85	43.05	46.98	45.73
2x2x2 Cube	First round	21	11.23	15.13	South Africa	19.09	11.23	14.67	16.99	13.73
Pyraminx	Final	21	25.47		South Africa	DNF	25.47

Kiara Marrian - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	First round	26	14.91		19.62		South Africa	22.75	19.29	20.37	19.21	14.91

Lethabo Moeti - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	4	8.97	9.44	South Africa	9.14	9.33	9.85	10.71	8.97
	First round	4	9.02	11.25	South Africa	9.02	12.96	10.56	12.58	10.60
2x2x2 Cube	Final	6	3.97	4.72	South Africa	4.24	3.97	5.73	4.25	5.66
	First round	10	3.86	4.78	South Africa	4.74	5.19	6.71	3.86	4.40
Pyraminx	Final	1	2.92	3.37	South Africa	3.89	3.22	3.81	2.92	3.07

Lewis Janse van Rensburg - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	15	21.35	23.03	South Africa	24.61	21.35	22.66	21.81	25.24
2x2x2 Cube	Final	8	3.83	5.07	South Africa	3.83	4.91	4.76	5.55	7.21
	First round	8	3.57	4.66	South Africa	5.34	4.55	3.57	4.52	4.90
Pyraminx	Final	4	7.62	8.27	South Africa	7.80	7.62	7.90	9.12	11.16
Skewb	Final	9	9.27	10.86	South Africa	9.27	11.52	9.75	15.54	11.32

Luka Cvetkovic - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	28	42.37	54.03	South Africa	56.14	42.37	53.95	52.01	1:07.37
2x2x2 Cube	First round	28	6.91	DNF	South Africa	6.91	DNF	DNF	14.68	14.00
Pyraminx	Final	19	16.70	31.43	South Africa	16.70	18.42	56.28	DNF	19.58
Skewb	Final	15	24.87	45.52	South Africa	24.87	42.88	DNF	55.64	38.04

Manoah Visser - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
2x2x2 Cube	First round	20	9.47		13.96		South Africa	9.47	16.76	21.12	10.85	14.26

Marike Faught - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	5	10.45	12.74	South Africa	13.81	14.48	10.45	13.46	10.96
	First round	7	12.77	13.22	South Africa	12.78	12.77	13.04	13.85	14.23
2x2x2 Cube	Final	11	5.03	6.10	South Africa	6.31	5.09	6.91	10.28	5.03
	First round	9	3.16	4.77	South Africa	3.16	4.90	5.31	5.49	4.11
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	1	34.59	40.39	South Africa	34.59	35.95	46.76	38.46	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	11	6.34	11.41	South Africa	10.76	14.99	8.47	6.34	26.86
Skewb	Final	4	7.24	8.39	South Africa	8.28	8.74	20.58	8.16	7.24
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	1	4:53.82	DNF	South Africa	DNF	4:53.82	DNF

Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	13	13.07	DNF	South Africa	DNF	13.07	DNF	DNF	DNF
	First round	6	9.06	12.08	South Africa	12.45	10.47	13.32	9.06	16.42
2x2x2 Cube	Final	5	3.81	4.50	South Africa	4.47	4.17	4.86	3.81	8.27
	First round	4	3.02	4.42	South Africa	5.11	4.00	3.02	4.14	5.79
Pyraminx	Final	8	7.19	9.67	South Africa	7.90	10.96	7.19	10.14	19.22
Skewb	Final	5	8.25	8.73	South Africa	9.06	8.42	12.84	8.25	8.71

Michael Kahumba - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	9	14.32	16.52	South Africa	14.32	18.04	16.70	18.11	14.82
	First round	13	15.99	18.37	South Africa	21.43	16.80	19.71	18.59	15.99
2x2x2 Cube	Final	10	4.56	5.48	South Africa	6.90	5.36	5.06	6.02	4.56
	First round	7	2.59	4.56	South Africa	2.59	4.48	4.13	6.03	5.08
Pyraminx	Final	9	5.75	10.18	South Africa	5.75	12.21	10.09	8.24	17.16
Skewb	Final	10	5.25	12.36	South Africa	13.05	15.19	5.25	11.55	12.47

Mordecai Madyavanhu - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	25	36.79		48.70		South Africa	50.51	1:00.03	47.35	48.25	36.79
2x2x2 Cube	First round	22	11.08		15.25		South Africa	17.48	12.66	19.21	15.62	11.08

Owen Nortje - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	26	43.31		49.84		South Africa	1:09.70	45.75	43.31	53.83	49.94
2x2x2 Cube	First round	23	9.35		15.97		South Africa	14.62	17.17	9.35	16.35	16.95

Rivan Roux - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	18	20.97	28.83	South Africa	31.14	20.97	34.04	24.88	30.47
2x2x2 Cube	First round	17	6.37	7.60	South Africa	6.93	7.58	6.37	8.30	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	12	6.79	11.62	South Africa	8.35	14.37	6.79	12.80	13.70

Shailen Govender - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best		Average		Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	23	38.76		43.23		South Africa	40.50	43.43	38.76	45.75	51.97
Pyraminx	Final	16	12.48		16.37		South Africa	12.48	19.26	15.66	14.20	20.45

Taariq Hassim - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	10	16.14	16.94	South Africa	17.10	18.50	16.78	16.95	16.14
2x2x2 Cube	First round	16	4.56	6.95	South Africa	7.83	6.06	8.09	4.56	6.97
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	2	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	DNS

Tumelo Kahumba - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	First round	17	22.57	26.01	South Africa	26.86	30.56	24.47	22.57	26.70
2x2x2 Cube	First round	15	4.10	6.92	South Africa	4.10	5.73	9.97	7.80	7.24
Pyraminx	Final	15	11.61	15.62	South Africa	13.56	12.87	11.61	30.14	20.44
Skewb	Final	12	13.91	19.63	South Africa	13.91	21.93	25.33	18.23	18.72

Wayne Claassen - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	10	17.45	18.95	South Africa	18.68	17.45	19.14	28.26	19.02
	First round	11	15.93	18.04	South Africa	18.69	21.43	15.93	17.06	18.38
2x2x2 Cube	Final	9	3.37	5.19	South Africa	5.37	5.56	4.78	5.42	3.37
	First round	5	4.30	4.48	South Africa	4.42	4.30	8.37	4.46	4.57
Pyraminx	Final	7	7.22	9.50	South Africa	9.61	9.28	7.22	12.27	9.61
Skewb	Final	7	5.50	9.53	South Africa	5.50	6.50	11.29	10.79	14.67

Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim - South Africa WCA profile

Event	Round	#	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
3x3x3 Cube	Final	8	15.00	15.77	South Africa	15.72	18.78	15.84	15.00	15.76
	First round	9	12.00	15.92	South Africa	16.20	12.00	26.06	17.71	13.86
2x2x2 Cube	Final	7	3.35	4.78	South Africa	6.17	4.53	4.94	3.35	4.86
	First round	12	4.51	5.12	South Africa	5.73	4.79	5.26	4.51	5.31
3x3x3 Blindfolded	Final	2	35.80	DNF	South Africa	35.80	40.82	DNF	DNF	DNF
Pyraminx	Final	5	8.04	9.05	South Africa	8.42	11.77	10.17	8.56	8.04
Skewb	Final	3	6.11	7.76	South Africa	6.90	9.50	6.11	9.88	6.87
4x4x4 Blindfolded	Final	2	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF	DNF	DNS