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Benjamin Darmon

Skewb · top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022DARM01

Benjamin Darmon has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at Chelles Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in France. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since August 2022, he has put 1,304 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.99 in August 2022 to 8.65, a 61% improvement. Benjamin has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time
2.11
signature single · Chelles Open 2024
1,304
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
Skewb2.114.74
top 1.7%27 / 1,291
3×38.6511.32
top 4.1%239 / 4,746
3×3 one-handed14.3523.83
top 6.8%118 / 1,490
2×22.434.29
top 8.2%320 / 3,074
4×441.0047.50
top 13.3%257 / 1,817
Pyraminx5.889.04
top 19.1%474 / 2,148
Clock10.8412.95
top 29.3%192 / 714
5×51:34.201:38.09
top 30.8%287 / 1,024
Megaminx1:36.071:54.48
top 32.1%233 / 867
6×63:01.723:24.84
top 41.9%151 / 437
Square-132.4836.93
top 54.1%297 / 540
7×75:38.725:58.40
top 62.2%197 / 372
3×3 blindfolded7:21.72—
early days — 1 solve400 / 434

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

Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2022: 21.99Massy Palais'Open A 2022: 19.32Dontrien Open 2023: 16.79Chelles Open 2023: 13.95Carquef'Open 2023: 14.48French Championship 2023: 14.06Sens Open 2023: 14.29Couffouleux Open 2023: 12.43Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023: 10.67Talence Open 2023: 11.83Longjum'Open 2024: 11.95Chelles Open 2024: 12.60Polytechnique Open 2024: 12.45French Championship 2024: 12.00Tigery Open 2024: 9.52Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.65Cube en Baie Open 2024: 12.42Palais'Open 2024: 11.52Chevry Open 2024: 11.69Chanteloup Open 2025: 10.96Tigery Open 2025: 11.18Longjum'Open 2025: 11.47Nanterre Open 2025: 11.34Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 11.63Cube en Baie Open 2025: 12.77Châteaubourg Open 2025: 9.33French Championship 2026: 11.64Cube en Baie Open 2026: 9.988.6521.9927 Aug 202214 Aug 2026

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.