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Benett Kim

Pyraminx · top 67.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024KIMB02

Benett Kim has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 12.10, set at UMBC Winter 2024, puts him in the top 67.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,057th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2024, he has put 30 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.94 in April 2024 to 37.73, a 31% improvement. Benett has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 67.8% of 129,321 all-time
12.10
signature single · UMBC Winter 2024
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx12.1019.86
top 67.8%20,057 / 28,708
3×337.7346.19
top 74.1%45,144 / 59,724
2×210.6116.30
top 80.2%33,284 / 40,951
Skewb18.9419.91
top 87.9%16,903 / 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

River Hill Spring 2024: 54.94Cubing at Carson 2024: 45.26Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 37.7337.7354.9427 Apr 202423 Mar 2025

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.

  • Brady Kim — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Rich Tayag — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Alex Pham — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 7.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.