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 and closed .
- 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 you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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).
3x3x3 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Isaac Scheepers | 8.13 | 9.07 | South Africa | 9.05 | 8.59 | 12.28 | 9.56 | 8.13 | |||
2 | Ruben Grobler | 8.06 | 9.57 | South Africa | 10.07 | 8.21 | 8.06 | 10.44 | 12.50 | |||
3 | Osman Badroodin | 9.46 | 11.00 | South Africa | 17.75 | 12.10 | 11.35 | 9.46 | 9.55 |
2x2x2 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Ruben Grobler | 1.99 | 2.58 | South Africa | 2.73 | 2.47 | 1.99 | 2.54 | 3.86 | |||
2 | Zaakir Hagee | 2.56 | 4.04 | South Africa | 5.84 | 3.52 | 4.41 | 4.19 | 2.56 | |||
3 | Juandré Jacobs | 2.11 | 4.15 | South Africa | 4.70 | 4.99 | 3.78 | 2.11 | 3.96 |
4x4x4 Cube
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Osman Badroodin | 27.87 | 33.57 | South Africa | 32.49 | 31.73 | 27.87 | 36.58 | 36.49 | |||
2 | Ruben Grobler | 33.26 | 34.57 | South Africa | 43.84 | 33.26 | 33.66 | 35.88 | 34.16 | |||
3 | Isaac Scheepers | 32.90 | 38.13 | South Africa | 40.71 | 37.73 | 32.90 | 35.95 | 45.65 |
3x3x3 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim | 1:12.10 | DNF | South Africa | 1:31.70 | 1:12.10 | DNF | |||||
2 | Ruben Grobler | 1:19.53 | DNF | South Africa | 1:19.53 | DNF | DNF | |||||
3 | Taariq Hassim | 3:56.57 | DNF | South Africa | DNF | 3:56.57 | DNF |
Skewb
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Ruben Grobler | 4.33 | 5.40 | South Africa | 4.70 | 5.41 | 4.33 | 6.08 | 7.74 | |||
2 | Osman Badroodin | 4.79 | 7.42 | South Africa | 7.66 | 8.39 | 4.79 | 8.00 | 6.61 | |||
3 | Marike Faught | 5.71 | 9.00 | South Africa | 8.02 | 9.99 | 10.98 | 9.00 | 5.71 |
Square-1
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Osman Badroodin | 9.10 | 10.56 | South Africa | 10.56 | 9.10 | 11.15 | 20.99 | 9.96 | |||
2 | Ruben Grobler | 11.64 | 14.33 | South Africa | 13.60 | 16.46 | 17.65 | 12.94 | 11.64 | |||
3 | Isaac Scheepers | 16.55 | 21.69 | South Africa | 22.34 | 16.55 | 23.47 | 19.27 | 30.20 |
4x4x4 Blindfolded
# | Name | Best | Average | Representing | Solves | |||||||
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1 | Marike Faught | 6:41.43 | DNF | South Africa | 6:41.43 | DNF | DNF |