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Ariel Benchetrit

Skewb · top 0.064% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019BENC04

Ariel Benchetrit has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.05, set at Kewbz UK Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.064% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in the United Kingdom. Until July 2019, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 69 competitions since June 2019, he has put 2,381 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 32.07 in June 2019 to 1.05, a 97% improvement. Ariel has entered 69 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.064% of 73,281 all-time
1.05
signature single · Kewbz UK Championship 2026
2,381
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Skewb1.051.57
top 0.064%1 / 2,421
2×21.503.14
top 2.2%169 / 4,895
Pyraminx3.415.31
top 5.1%193 / 3,656
3×39.3012.05
top 5.6%412 / 6,689
3×3 one-handed19.7826.56
top 19.9%379 / 1,851
Clock10.8713.04
top 29.5%392 / 1,232
4×41:12.521:23.57
top 49.3%1,061 / 2,071
Square-11:27.76—
early days — 2 solves763 / 778

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

British Summer Open 2019: 32.07UK Championship 2019: 8.21Speedcub'Eirb Winter Open 2019: 5.24Farnworth Spring B 2022: 3.19Stevenage Spring 2022: 6.12Wakefield Spring 2022: 4.41Cheltenham Summer 2022: 5.03Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 3.72Norwich Summer 2022: 4.94Israel Championship 2022: 3.46Stevenage Autumn B 2022: 2.04Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 3.05Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022: 3.04NR Hanukkah: Sq-1 & Skewb 2022: 2.20Stevenage January 2023: 3.68Newham Side Events Winter 2023: 2.86Essex Spring 2023: 2.69Stevenage May 2023: 2.57Wiltshire Summer 2023: 2.04Stevenage June 2023: 2.45Lincolnshire Summer 2023: 2.41Norwich Summer 2023: 1.88August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 2.36Harrow Autumn 2023: 2.10Stevenage September 2023: 2.74Kent Autumn 2023: 2.20Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 1.91Stevenage November 2023: 1.96Wiltshire December 2023: 1.54Stevenage January 2024: 1.79Stevenage February 2024: 1.81Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024: 2.25Manchester Spring 2024: 1.58Israel Open 2024: 1.62Stevenage May 2024: 1.78Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 1.43Stevenage July 2024: 2.00Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 2.00Kewbz UK Open 2024: 1.87Stevenage Beginners September B 2024: 1.77Battersea Autumn 2024: 1.80Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 2.00Wiltshire November 2024: 1.17Norwich Winter 2024: 1.19Stevenage January 2025: 1.42Crewe Winter 2025: 1.57Stevenage April 2025: 1.69Chichester April 2025: 1.77Crewe Spring 2025: 1.59Coventry Spring 2025: 1.51Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 1.27Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 1.49Stevenage July 2025: 1.45Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 1.22Stevenage October 2025: 1.25Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 2.11Stevenage January 2026: 1.59Crewe Winter 2026: 1.10Wiltshire Spring 2026: 1.41Hampshire Summer 2026: 1.30Wiltshire Summer 2026: 1.36Stevenage July 2026: 1.53Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 1.15South Wales Summer 2026: 1.29Israel Championship 2026: 1.50Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 1.051.0532.0729 Jun 201928 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.