Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 - Competition Results

Date: 2026-03-29

Location: Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa

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Winners Top 3 All Results By Person Scrambles

Place	Person	Best	Average	Region	Detail
3x3x3 Cube First round Average of 5
1	Amahle Nyembe	7.48	8.18	South Africa	8.27 8.14 7.48 8.14 10.40
2	Juandré Jacobs	6.08	8.61	South Africa	6.08 11.47 10.65 8.19 7.00
3	Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue	9.63	10.73	South Africa	10.93 10.53 10.73 9.63 14.67
4	Marike Faught	10.54	11.64	South Africa	11.54 12.67 10.54 11.34 12.05
5	Nardus de Waal	10.48	13.01	South Africa	10.48 13.13 11.65 15.25 14.24
6	Michiel Bernard de Kock	13.47	14.23	South Africa	14.15 13.85 17.37 13.47 14.68
7	Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic	10.43	14.67	South Africa	14.57 13.55 20.60 15.88 10.43
8	James Ford	13.83	14.92	South Africa	16.34 13.83 14.64 14.82 15.29
9	Mikhyl Singh	11.13	15.01	South Africa	12.33 11.13 18.42 16.32 16.37
10	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	14.27	15.02	South Africa	14.27 24.52 14.93 15.41 14.72
11	Phetolo Mashamaite	10.78	15.07	South Africa	15.27 13.87 20.19 10.78 16.07
12	Joshua Bennett	13.98	15.22	South Africa	14.30 15.53 16.61 13.98 15.83
13	Bethanie Botha	13.54	15.37	South Africa	15.73 17.94 16.38 13.54 14.00
14	Jacques Botha	15.16	15.49	South Africa	15.16 15.80 15.26 15.88 15.40
15	Jacques Andre Horne	13.09	17.77	South Africa	13.09 24.26 18.56 19.26 15.49
16	Johan George	14.27	18.37	South Africa	DNF 21.45 14.27 17.75 15.90
17	Boikanyo Maboe	16.44	19.57	South Africa	21.87 19.97 16.44 16.86 24.55
18	Michael Kahumba	14.57	19.70	South Africa	14.57 22.11 21.14 18.77 19.20
19	Ian James Mcleod	17.24	20.02	South Africa	25.23 17.24 20.22 18.23 21.61
20	Wayne Claassen	18.16	20.89	South Africa	21.95 21.01 18.16 21.80 19.86
21	Lewis Janse van Rensburg	20.09	21.11	South Africa	21.62 21.29 21.20 20.09 20.83
22	Bruce Engelbrecht	18.80	21.69	South Africa	18.80 22.20 23.12 26.29 19.74
23	Chanel Blom	20.37	23.36	South Africa	20.37 26.53 24.20 20.85 25.02
24	Gustav Greyling	18.48	23.74	South Africa	22.54 27.64 18.48 21.04 33.83
25	Tumelo Kahumba	19.70	24.65	South Africa	26.47 19.70 22.56 24.93 31.50
26	Craig Peeters	22.83	26.20	South Africa	42.57 25.65 22.83 28.94 24.01
27	Masego Ramotsoenyane	19.21	26.58	South Africa	19.21 27.90 28.06 28.84 23.77
28	Eliyah Samson Visser	26.40	28.02	South Africa	28.30 26.40 29.26 26.49 35.68
29	Lwaluhle Akhisu Mwelase	19.87	28.07	South Africa	27.97 29.85 DNF 26.40 19.87
30	Hammaad Dawood	22.75	28.25	South Africa	29.02 36.53 29.02 26.72 22.75
31	Rivan Roux	23.24	29.35	South Africa	31.40 DNF 27.15 23.24 29.50
32	Nuha Rizan	25.16	29.92	Sri Lanka	25.16 28.05 36.23 30.35 31.37
33	Yehoshua Notelovitz	24.94	30.07	South Africa	29.51 32.15 28.55 DNF 24.94
34	Cameron Lochrie Mcleod	19.73	30.64	South Africa	32.73 29.30 38.47 19.73 29.88
35	Kabelo Matjie	30.82	31.89	South Africa	30.82 1:17.58 31.85 32.79 31.04
36	Esa Choonara	26.42	34.67	South Africa	DNF 39.34 30.23 34.45 26.42
37	Gary Gao	31.01	38.56	South Africa	47.21 34.08 43.40 38.20 31.01
38	Mohammed Talha Iqbal	28.50	39.64	South Africa	43.78 51.32 28.50 37.42 37.73
39	Pieter Cornelius Horne	35.13	40.02	South Africa	42.07 36.68 35.13 49.76 41.30
40	Muzzammil Khan	43.03	45.21	South Africa	47.64 45.81 43.03 43.72 46.11
41	Kai Williams	46.98	52.09	South Africa	50.07 50.96 46.98 1:00.60 55.23
42	Lethabo Langa	43.53	52.67	South Africa	1:01.42 49.49 56.89 43.53 51.63
43	Luka Cvetkovic	50.34	55.53	South Africa	50.34 DNF 54.11 55.15 57.34
44	Rayan Krishna Chinsamy	43.69	57.19	South Africa	50.58 53.38 1:07.60 DNF 43.69
45	Riley Kan	56.08	59.84	South Africa	DNF 1:00.03 56.08 56.51 1:02.99
46	Jeanne Horne	49.59	1:10.30	South Africa	1:12.68 1:12.17 1:07.14 49.59 1:11.60
47	Oagile Tlotlo Kgomongwe	1:23.99	2:05.94	South Africa	1:33.72 2:49.56 1:23.99 DNF 1:54.54
48	Eli John Mcleod	1:22.59	DNF	South Africa	1:22.59 DNF 1:31.53 2:41.91 DNF

3x3x3 Cube Final Average of 5
Place	Person	Best	Average	Region	Detail
1	Amahle Nyembe	7.76	8.28	South Africa	8.35 8.19 8.31 7.76 12.47
2	Juandré Jacobs	5.78	8.58	South Africa	5.78 7.98 9.81 8.63 9.13
3	Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue	8.67	10.11	South Africa	12.55 9.78 9.85 10.70 8.67
4	Marike Faught	11.55	11.87	South Africa	11.69 11.92 12.00 11.55 13.39
5	Nardus de Waal	12.00	13.00	South Africa	12.66 16.50 13.91 12.43 12.00
6	James Ford	11.16	13.69	South Africa	11.16 14.35 12.13 15.09 14.60
7	Michiel Bernard de Kock	12.34	14.07	South Africa	12.80 14.19 12.34 15.23 16.63
8	Mikhyl Singh	11.65	14.36	South Africa	15.96 12.90 19.93 14.21 11.65
9	Jacques Botha	12.68	14.60	South Africa	12.68 DNF 16.54 13.75 13.51
10	Johan George	13.23	14.94	South Africa	13.23 15.12 13.54 18.23 16.17
11	Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic	13.26	15.20	South Africa	13.43 DNF 17.35 14.81 13.26
12	Jacques Andre Horne	14.36	15.94	South Africa	16.56 15.16 16.69 14.36 16.09
13	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	13.10	16.11	South Africa	13.10 19.63 13.25 15.44 31.06
14	Phetolo Mashamaite	13.88	16.12	South Africa	20.55 14.81 16.80 16.74 13.88
15	Joshua Bennett	13.48	16.32	South Africa	18.04 15.01 13.48 15.92 20.35
16	Bethanie Botha	14.83	17.35	South Africa	23.83 15.43 20.13 14.83 16.49

2x2x2 Cube Final Average of 5
Place	Person	Best	Average	Region	Detail
1	Juandré Jacobs	2.54	3.05	South Africa	2.55 2.54 3.38 3.23 4.01
2	Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue	3.05	3.94	South Africa	3.05 3.36 5.62 5.19 3.26
3	Amahle Nyembe	2.66	4.00	South Africa	3.35 3.85 4.81 2.66 5.16
4	Nardus de Waal	3.34	4.26	South Africa	3.34 4.67 8.75 4.21 3.91
5	Lewis Janse van Rensburg	3.77	4.66	South Africa	DNF 4.82 3.77 5.01 4.16
6	Michael Kahumba	3.88	4.78	South Africa	3.88 4.46 4.10 6.68 5.77
7	Jacques Andre Horne	3.93	4.82	South Africa	5.85 4.48 6.83 4.14 3.93
8	Mikhyl Singh	4.49	4.86	South Africa	4.49 4.81 5.00 4.77 7.97
9	Joshua Bennett	4.68	5.25	South Africa	5.73 4.68 5.32 5.06 5.37
10	James Ford	3.83	5.35	South Africa	3.83 7.48 4.27 4.55 7.23
11	Marike Faught	4.73	5.43	South Africa	4.87 5.64 6.82 4.73 5.79
12	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	4.26	5.64	South Africa	10.40 5.42 6.25 5.26 4.26
13	Johan George	4.36	5.65	South Africa	4.36 6.28 10.79 5.61 5.06
14	Craig Peeters	5.49	5.72	South Africa	5.49 DNF 5.61 5.74 5.80
15	Jacques Botha	4.69	5.80	South Africa	4.69 5.45 5.02 7.89 6.93
16	Phetolo Mashamaite	5.27	5.93	South Africa	5.60 5.27 6.14 6.60 6.05
17	Bethanie Botha	5.50	6.30	South Africa	5.50 9.80 6.70 6.44 5.76
18	Boikanyo Maboe	5.50	6.50	South Africa	8.19 5.64 5.89 7.97 5.50
19	Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic	4.93	6.84	South Africa	5.74 4.93 4.98 9.80 DNF
20	Eliyah Samson Visser	5.35	6.97	South Africa	7.71 5.35 8.11 6.99 6.21
21	Rivan Roux	5.66	7.31	South Africa	7.92 5.97 8.42 5.66 8.05
22	Michiel Bernard de Kock	5.86	7.73	South Africa	6.12 6.92 10.14 11.43 5.86
23	Wayne Claassen	3.77	7.76	South Africa	3.77 10.37 DNF 4.35 8.56
24	Tumelo Kahumba	5.65	7.95	South Africa	14.13 8.28 9.29 5.65 6.28
25	Lwaluhle Akhisu Mwelase	7.27	7.98	South Africa	7.99 7.53 9.32 7.27 8.42
26	Nuha Rizan	8.12	9.32	Sri Lanka	8.12 10.09 8.26 9.60 13.09
27	Bruce Engelbrecht	5.42	9.64	South Africa	7.99 5.42 13.08 17.71 7.84
28	Ian James Mcleod	7.09	10.62	South Africa	15.14 13.63 8.04 10.19 7.09
29	Hammaad Dawood	6.96	11.01	South Africa	9.42 16.09 6.96 DNF 7.53
30	Yehoshua Notelovitz	6.92	12.83	South Africa	10.35 18.05 17.83 10.30 6.92
31	Chanel Blom	9.78	13.08	South Africa	9.78 13.48 12.86 17.01 12.90
32	Esa Choonara	8.21	13.81	South Africa	18.81 8.21 13.64 17.61 10.18
33	Masego Ramotsoenyane	10.63	13.89	South Africa	10.63 11.41 17.37 12.90 18.41
34	Cameron Lochrie Mcleod	5.12	14.69	South Africa	16.31 11.86 24.37 5.12 15.91
35	Rayan Krishna Chinsamy	11.02	16.94	South Africa	14.44 11.02 21.97 14.95 21.43
36	Mohammed Talha Iqbal	13.63	19.85	South Africa	13.63 18.51 21.01 21.36 20.03
37	Pieter Cornelius Horne	12.47	19.86	South Africa	18.56 23.62 12.47 17.40 23.93
38	Muzzammil Khan	16.93	20.69	South Africa	24.68 32.45 16.93 18.97 18.43
39	Luka Cvetkovic	10.79	25.93	South Africa	10.79 49.95 15.64 DNF 12.20
40	Lethabo Langa	14.08	26.81	South Africa	34.28 14.08 46.56 18.06 28.08

3x3x3 Blindfolded Final Best of 5
Place	Person	Best	Average	Region	Detail
1	Marike Faught	39.10	DNF	South Africa	DNF 40.64 DNF 39.10 53.34
2	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	39.65	DNF	South Africa	47.33 DNF DNF 42.20 39.65
3	Joshua Bennett	1:57.22	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNF 1:57.22 DNF DNF
4	Phetolo Mashamaite	4:21.01	DNF	South Africa	DNF 4:53.01 4:21.01 DNF DNF
5	Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue	4:22.82	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNF 4:22.82 DNF DNF
6	Jacques Andre Horne	5:15.36	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNF 5:15.36 DNF 6:47.78
7	Christiaan Botha	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNF DNF DNF DNS
7	Yehoshua Notelovitz	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNF DNF DNS DNS
7	Bethanie Botha	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNF DNF DNS DNS
7	Mikhyl Singh	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF

Pyraminx Final Average of 5
Place	Person	Best	Average	Region	Detail
1	Joshua Bennett	5.49	6.46	South Africa	6.41 5.59 7.38 5.49 10.04
2	James Ford	4.87	6.63	South Africa	5.94 6.78 4.87 7.18 8.66
3	Christiaan Botha	6.36	7.77	South Africa	9.43 7.44 6.36 6.43 12.14
4	Amahle Nyembe	7.34	8.09	South Africa	8.48 8.93 7.95 7.34 7.83
5	Yehoshua Notelovitz	7.39	8.29	South Africa	7.51 7.39 9.26 8.10 9.66
6	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	6.86	8.46	South Africa	6.86 9.04 7.76 8.57 9.77
7	Lewis Janse van Rensburg	7.44	8.86	South Africa	9.33 9.32 8.83 7.44 8.44
8	Rivan Roux	5.96	8.97	South Africa	5.96 9.48 10.19 7.53 9.91
9	Nardus de Waal	7.14	9.78	South Africa	12.09 7.14 8.68 14.78 8.56
10	Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic	8.08	10.00	South Africa	10.06 8.08 10.94 9.00 11.30
11	Michiel Bernard de Kock	7.35	10.27	South Africa	7.35 13.57 9.21 9.39 12.22
12	Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue	8.73	10.63	South Africa	9.88 14.98 12.28 8.73 9.74
13	Juandré Jacobs	9.25	11.09	South Africa	9.25 15.17 11.13 9.27 12.88
14	Michael Kahumba	7.89	11.65	South Africa	7.89 14.19 13.28 11.32 10.35
15	Jacques Andre Horne	7.78	11.66	South Africa	10.54 7.78 10.65 15.62 13.78
16	Marike Faught	7.70	11.72	South Africa	19.75 11.51 7.70 12.12 11.54
17	Wayne Claassen	9.66	11.88	South Africa	17.31 9.66 11.60 13.23 10.81
18	Craig Peeters	7.41	12.20	South Africa	7.41 14.16 11.91 12.12 12.56
19	Mikhyl Singh	7.84	12.49	South Africa	11.27 11.69 14.52 7.84 15.74
20	Nuha Rizan	10.42	13.10	Sri Lanka	13.36 12.46 16.07 13.48 10.42
21	Phetolo Mashamaite	8.65	13.66	South Africa	17.83 12.87 13.28 8.65 14.84
22	Eliyah Samson Visser	10.78	13.74	South Africa	15.65 12.66 12.92 10.78 16.12
23	Hammaad Dawood	11.91	13.75	South Africa	11.91 15.50 13.80 11.94 19.99
24	Lwaluhle Akhisu Mwelase	13.22	14.11	South Africa	13.51 14.84 13.99 13.22 15.26
25	Ian James Mcleod	9.97	14.78	South Africa	9.97 25.51 15.37 17.61 11.35
26	Tumelo Kahumba	14.38	14.96	South Africa	16.03 14.41 14.44 18.43 14.38
27	Bruce Engelbrecht	12.82	17.36	South Africa	14.91 14.16 26.73 12.82 23.00
28	Luka Cvetkovic	9.31	17.73	South Africa	24.71 21.30 9.31 12.97 18.93
29	Boikanyo Maboe	12.53	17.74	South Africa	24.73 DNF 13.98 14.51 12.53
30	Chanel Blom	13.28	18.17	South Africa	20.28 13.28 17.72 19.68 17.10
31	Cameron Lochrie Mcleod	16.52	19.15	South Africa	19.92 27.01 18.56 16.52 18.96
32	Pieter Cornelius Horne	14.35	21.45	South Africa	24.53 26.06 14.35 17.70 22.11
33	Masego Ramotsoenyane	18.60	23.32	South Africa	41.36 18.60 21.67 24.00 24.28
34	Eli John Mcleod	21.12	25.89	South Africa	21.12 30.70 21.75 25.23 38.88
35	Johan George	11.39	DNF	South Africa	16.64 DNF 19.92 11.39 DNF

4x4x4 Blindfolded Final Best of 3
Place	Person	Best	Average	Region	Detail
1	Marike Faught	4:38.47	DNF	South Africa	DNF 4:38.47 DNF
2	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	7:02.20	DNF	South Africa	DNF 7:02.20 DNF
3	Joshua Bennett	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNF DNF

5x5x5 Blindfolded Final Best of 3
Place	Person	Best	Average	Region	Detail
1	Marike Faught	13:16.00	DNF	South Africa	DNF 13:16.00 DNF
2	Joshua Bennett	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNS DNS
2	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	DNF	DNF	South Africa	DNF DNF DNS

3x3x3 Multi-Blind Final Best of 1
Place	Person	Best	Average	Region	Detail
1	Marike Faught	17/23 55:46		South Africa	17/23 55:46
2	Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim	DNF		South Africa	DNF