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Benito Benítez Ruiz

3×3 one-handed · top 10.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015RUIZ08

Benito Benítez Ruiz has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 16.25, set at X-Madrid Open 2025, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 113th in Spain. Across 18 competitions since October 2015, he has put 760 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.47 in October 2015 to 12.31, a 63% improvement. Benito has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 10.8% of 73,695 all-time
16.25
signature single · X-Madrid Open 2025
760
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×3 one-handed16.2518.31
top 10.8%113 / 1,315
2×23.065.13
top 14.9%580 / 3,845
3×312.3114.03
top 15.0%604 / 5,141
Pyraminx6.739.41
top 25.6%769 / 2,865
Skewb7.7012.45
top 39.0%760 / 1,685
4×41:07.541:17.15
top 44.5%675 / 1,762
Megaminx2:12.072:50.78
top 52.2%373 / 874
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves59.67
top 74.2%198 / 282
5×53:00.693:37.21
top 78.3%604 / 863
Clock51.92
early days — 2 solves843 / 876

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

Spanish Championship 2015: 33.47Camarma Open 2016: 26.11Cubéate Weekend 2016: 21.81El Escorial Open 2016: 20.54Quijote Open 2016: 16.53CVDB Open 2016: 18.95Spanish Championship 2016: 17.12Villanueva Open 2016: 15.91Altasierra 2017: 16.22Madrid Open 2017: 15.66CVDB Open 2017: 17.58Quijote Open 2017: 14.48Spanish Championship 2017: 15.40Altasierra 2018: 13.35Madrid Open 2018: 13.80Riberas del Guadaíra 2018: 15.34WCA European Championship 2018: 13.97X-Madrid Open 2025: 12.3112.3133.479 Oct 201524 May 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.