People · France
Benjamin Berns
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019BERN02
Benjamin Berns has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2019, he has put 138 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.64 in February 2019 to 8.37, a 59% improvement. Benjamin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.37 | 11.77 | top 3.5% | 209 / 4,746 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.23 | 9.36 | top 8.8% | 234 / 2,148 | |
| 2×2 | 2.82 | 4.10 | top 12.2% | 441 / 3,074 | |
| 4×4 | 55.16 | — | top 30.9% | 553 / 1,817 | |
| Skewb | 8.49 | 11.54 | top 44.9% | 614 / 1,291 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.62 | — | top 52.5% | 738 / 1,490 | |
| Square-1 | 1:35.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 510 / 540 |
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
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.37 at Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Istres Open 2023.
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-20 3×3: 14.30 at Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019.
Competitions
- French Championship 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Istres Open 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Tassin-la-Demi-Cube Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Just Cube Open 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 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.
- Wilfrid Py — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Marie Vincent — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Diego Alfonso — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.