People · Austria
Benedict Bauernfeind
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025BAUE02
Benedict Bauernfeind has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at Linz Nikolaus Day 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Austria. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.82 in March 2025 to 8.71, a 68% improvement. Benedict has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.71 | 15.56 | top 4.2% | 28 / 530 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.55 | 11.38 | top 32.5% | 102 / 261 | |
| 2×2 | 4.88 | 5.85 | top 37.8% | 188 / 396 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 8.71 at Linz Nikolaus Day 2025.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 8.71 at Linz Nikolaus Day 2025.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.71 at Linz Nikolaus Day 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Vienna Fasching 2025. A 26.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dobřejovice Special 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vienna Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Linz Nikolaus Day 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vienna Fasching 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Michael Liubarets — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Paul Aurednik — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Anton Monkowius — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.