People · Switzerland
Benjamin Engeli
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022ENGE04
Benjamin Engeli has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.79, set at Swiss Science Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in Switzerland. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2022, he has put 218 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.25 in September 2022 to 8.79, a 57% improvement. Benjamin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.79 | 10.32 | top 4.4% | 52 / 1,197 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.91 | 8.40 | top 12.6% | 107 / 655 | |
| 4×4 | 41.76 | 48.15 | top 14.2% | 60 / 462 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 3.93 | top 16.0% | 193 / 913 | |
| Skewb | 5.60 | 7.47 | top 22.7% | 104 / 388 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.24 | 25.48 | top 26.7% | 84 / 367 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.03 | 1:39.82 | top 31.5% | 75 / 266 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Swiss Science Open 2025.
- 11 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swiss Science Open 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Swisscubing Cup Final 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup Final 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 13.47 at Swiss Science Open 2022.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.47 at Swiss Science Open 2022.
Competitions
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Science Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- 10 Johr Wiler Würfelfäst 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Science Open 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- OFFA Speedcubing Meisterschaft 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Nationals 2022 · 9 Sep 2022
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.
- Silvan Venzin — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tobias Peter — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
- Levin Houghton — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.