People · Germany
Benedikt Elßmann
3×3 · top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025ELSM01
Benedikt Elßmann has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.87, set at Rahn Education Open 2026, puts him in the top 24.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,183rd in Germany. Across 2 competitions since November 2025, he has put 97 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Benedikt has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.87 | 18.35 | top 24.0% | 1,183 / 4,109 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.07 | 1:48.00 | top 34.7% | 258 / 787 | |
| 4×4 | 58.99 | 1:07.87 | top 35.4% | 662 / 1,934 | |
| 2×2 | 5.05 | 8.64 | top 40.0% | 1,297 / 2,875 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.45 | 36.75 | top 52.2% | 673 / 1,314 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.20 | 2:15.57 | top 54.4% | 584 / 1,158 |
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
- 1 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.87 at Rahn Education Open 2026.
- 1 May 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Rahn Education Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Rahn Education Advent Open 2025. A 15.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rahn Education Open 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Rahn Education Advent Open 2025 · 29 Nov 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.
- Lars Krökel — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Patrick Bessel — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jonas Ropella — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.87 away.
- A sub-1:30 Megaminx single — 9,803 people have one; it is 10.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.