People · Austria
Benedict Lakinger-Njari
2×2 · top 2.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025LAKI02
Benedict Lakinger-Njari has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Vienna Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Austria. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2025, he has put 287 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.89 in July 2025 to 1.48, a 62% improvement. Benedict has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 2.33 | top 2.1% | 15 / 402 | |
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 11.96 | top 9.3% | 73 / 541 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.09 | 6.94 | top 13.7% | 51 / 263 | |
| 4×4 | 48.77 | 57.49 | top 23.2% | 62 / 227 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.93 | 31.71 | top 28.6% | 59 / 189 | |
| Clock | 10.79 | 12.56 | top 29.0% | 28 / 79 | |
| Skewb | 6.92 | 12.60 | top 33.1% | 68 / 163 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.71 | 2:27.49 | top 51.7% | 72 / 121 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubing in Ružinov: March 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.49 at Re-Laois the Cubers 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Re-Laois the Cubers 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025First competition: Linz Summer 2025. A 15.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Graz Open 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vienna Frühling 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Ružinov: March 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 5 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 Autumn 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Re-Laois the Cubers 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Linz Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Simon Praschl — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Fabian Staber — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Julian Ostadal — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.