People · Peru
Benjamin A. Shapiama
Pyraminx · top 5.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SHAP03
Benjamin A. Shapiama has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.53, set at Peru Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 91st in Peru. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2023, he has put 526 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.87 in April 2023 to 2.71, a 61% improvement. Benjamin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.53 | 7.03 | top 5.6% | 91 / 1,366 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.41 | top 11.0% | 308 / 2,419 | |
| 3×3 | 15.32 | 17.23 | top 25.5% | 1,165 / 4,344 | |
| Skewb | 7.11 | 11.00 | top 34.5% | 227 / 495 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.33 | 34.33 | top 40.2% | 466 / 812 | |
| Clock | 15.32 | 18.15 | top 49.2% | 93 / 139 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.61 | 1:47.52 | top 66.3% | 723 / 844 |
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 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Speedsolving X Pucallpa 2026.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at San José Cubing Yarinacocha 2025.
- 4 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 19.31 at Peru Nationals 2023.
- 4 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.31 at Peru Nationals 2023.
- 4 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Peru Nationals 2023.
- 2 Apr 2023First competition: Speedsolving Geekcuber 2023. A 31.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Speedsolving X Pucallpa 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Pucallpa al Cubo 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- LA PRE Cubing Pucallpa 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- San José Cubing Yarinacocha 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- LA PRE Pucallpa Speedcubing 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manantial Cubing Pucallpa 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Peru Nationals 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pucallpa al Cubo 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Back To Cubing San José 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SAM Center Open 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Real Geekcuber Pucallpa 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Peru Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Speedsolving Geekcuber 2023 · 2 Apr 2023
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.
- Daniel Van Oosten — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 19 times · head to head
- Ben Van Oosten — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 55 times · head to head
- Koleman Howe — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 40 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.