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Benaiah Mekonnen

3×3 · top 24.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2026 · 2026MEKO01

Benaiah Mekonnen has been competing for 5 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.08, set at Seattle Summer 2026, puts him in the top 24.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,427th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since April 2026, he has put 33 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.73 in April 2026 to 15.08, a 24% improvement. Benaiah has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 24.7% of 284,439 all-time
15.08
signature single · Seattle Summer 2026
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.0820.64
top 24.7%13,427 / 59,724
Megaminx1:50.732:01.13
top 40.8%2,962 / 7,841
2×25.508.75
top 45.3%18,305 / 40,951
Skewb12.6817.19
top 69.3%13,026 / 18,907

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

Lakewood Spring 2026: 19.73Seattle Summer 2026: 15.0815.0819.7318 Apr 202611 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-1:30 Megaminx single — 9,803 people have one; it is 20.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.