Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024
- Date
- Aug 31 - Sep 1, 2024
- City
- Benoni, South Africa
- Venue
Actonville Community Hall
- Address
- 732 Khan Cres, Actonville, Benoni, 1506
- Details
A community hall
- Contact
- Organization team
- Organizers
- Marike Faught, Osman Badroodin, and Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim
- WCA Delegates
- Brendan James Gray, Marike Faught, and Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim
- Download all the competition's details as PDF .
- Information
SPECTATORS
Competitors are welcome to bring up to two spectators with them.
VOLUNTEERING
Please note that all competitors are required to assist with volunteering during the competition - either in the role of "runner", "judge" or "scrambler". These roles will be explained as part of the "New Competitor Tutorial", but you can take a look at this video.
If any parents are willing to help judge or run, please watch the above video if you have not been a judge/runner at previous competitions. We greatly appreciate all assistance during the competition and more volunteers helping out during the competition helps to stay on schedule and not run behind.
SPONSORSHIP
A big thanks to Cubestuff who are sponsoring the prizes for this competition. They will have a stall set up at the venue for you to buy the different speedcubes they have on offer.
You can also go to Cubestuff.co.za to order a variety of cubes and equipment online.
A big thanks to Kitchen Nuvo for sponsoring trophies for our podium placers! Check them out on their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/worldfocuswood?mibextid=LQQJ4d) to give some support.About CubingZA
Competitions in South Africa have exploded since the end of COVID, and interest is only getting stronger. 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.
- Events
- Main event
- Competitors
- 52
- Registration period
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Online registration opened Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 2:00 AM UTC and closed Friday, August 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM UTC.
- Registration requirements
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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 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is R250 (South African Rand).
If your registration is cancelled before Friday, August 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM UTC you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until Friday, August 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM UTC.
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.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Spectators are only permitted as companions of competitors.
Competitors may bring at most 2 guests.
Payment
Please note that there are THREE steps you need to take to be entered into this competition:
- First-timer competitors must create a WCA account if they do not already have one (or their parent/guardian must create one for them).
- The competitor must register for the competition using their WCA account, specifying which events they want to participate in.
- The competitor must pay the entry fee by sending the appropriate amount of R250.00 to the following bank account. DO NOT PAY UNTIL YOU HAVE REGISTERED IN STEP 2 ABOVE PLEASE.
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 R250.00 can be made at THIS LINKDO 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), you will not be able to compete.SPECIAL OFFER
If you have already registered and paid for your entry for the African Championships, you get 50% off your entry for this competition! That means your ticket will be R125 instead. If you would like to make use of this awesome opportunity, head over to the link above and register for African Championships 2024!
* To claim this discount make sure you enter the code AFRICANCHAMPS at the Checkout Page - you will need to do this AFTER you have entered the email address that you used to purchase your African Champs entry.
* Or purchase your African Champs entry at the same time and the discount will be automatically applied. - Highlights
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Click here to display the highlights of the competition.
Isaac Scheepers won with an average of 9.07 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Ruben Grobler finished second (9.57) and Osman Badroodin finished third (11.00).
| Event | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | Isaac Scheepers | 8.13 | 9.07 | South Africa | 9.05 | 8.59 | 12.28 | 9.56 | 8.13 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | Ruben Grobler | 1.99 | 2.58 | South Africa | 2.73 | 2.47 | 1.99 | 2.54 | 3.86 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | Osman Badroodin | 27.87 | 33.57 | South Africa | 32.49 | 31.73 | 27.87 | 36.58 | 36.49 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim | 1:12.10 | DNF | South Africa | 1:31.70 | 1:12.10 | DNF | |||||
| Skewb | Ruben Grobler | 4.33 | 5.40 | South Africa | 4.70 | 5.41 | 4.33 | 6.08 | 7.74 | |||
| Square-1 | Osman Badroodin | 9.10 | 10.56 | South Africa | 10.56 | 9.10 | 11.15 | 20.99 | 9.96 | |||
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Marike Faught | 6:41.43 | DNF | South Africa | 6:41.43 | DNF | DNF | |||||
| Event | Round | Format | Time limit | Cutoff | Proceed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3x3x3 Cube | First round | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 2x2x2 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:30.00 | Top 75% advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 4x4x4 Cube | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 2:30.00 | Top 16 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | First round | Bo3 | 20:00.00 cumulative* | Top 75% advance to next round | |
| Final | Bo3 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Skewb | First round | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | Top 8 advance to next round |
| Final | Ao5 | 10:00.00 | |||
| Square-1 | Final | Bo2 / Ao5 | 10:00.00 | 2 attempts to get < 1:00.00 | |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | Final | Bo3 | 50:00.00 cumulative* |
If you're a first-time competitior, we would love to have you! It doesn't matter how quickly you can solve the cube - everyone is there to have fun, make new friends, and do their best. If you're on the fence about going, take a look at this video giving a bit of insight into what a cube competition is like.
This competition runs over two days but you don't need to attend both days. Have a look on the schedule to see when the different events are happening so you can decide what days you should attend. For example, if you're only competing in skewb, you only need to come on Saturday. Make sure to arrive at least 15 minutes before Registration ends on the first day you'll be competing. This helps us with entering everyone into the system and ensures that you're on time for the "Tutorial for new competitors". As a first-time competitor, you don't want to miss this as we'll be going over all the details of how to participate in this competition.
You can also watch this tutorial video beforehand on how you'll complete your solves.
We will also be sending out a pre-competition email before the competition with some more information so keep an eye out for that.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the delegates and organiser - we would be happy to help!
Do I need to be at both days if I am only competing on one day?
No, you only have to be there on the day that you are competing. Make sure to check out the schedule tab to see when you compete. We suggest arriving at the competition at least 30 minutes prior to your event in case we run ahead of schedule.
Where can I view my results?
On the competition days all results will be uploaded to WCA Live. Just search for the competition name under the "upcoming" tab. After the competition has ended, it will take a few days for the official results to be uploaded to the WCA main site.
How can I stay up to date on future competitions?
Below are a few options for getting notified of future competitions:
- Register an account on CubingZA. Once you are logged in, you will be able to set notifications for competitions in your preferred provinces. You should receive email notifications for new competitions in these regions.
- Join the CubingZA Whatsapp community by clicking on this link. By joining the Whatsapp community you will automatically be added the announcement group, and will have the option to join the following groups: a. ZA Speedcubing Advice & PBs - this group is strictly for posting personal bests and asking for speedcubing advice. b. African Cubers - this group is for catching up and chatting with fellow cubers.
- The WCA Official website competitions page will show all announced competitions coming up.
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.