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Benjamin Espinosa

Pyraminx · top 0.12% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023ESPI36

Benjamin Espinosa has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.16, set at Darlington Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.12% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in the United Kingdom. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since December 2023, he has put 2,493 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.14 in December 2023 to 5.70, a 53% improvement. Benjamin has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.12% of 129,321 all-time
1.16
signature single · Darlington Spring 2026
2,493
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Pyraminx1.162.71
top 0.12%5 / 3,656
2×20.812.05
top 0.24%24 / 4,895
3×35.707.04
top 0.33%34 / 6,689
Clock2.723.44
top 0.44%12 / 1,232
3×3 one-handed10.9013.67
top 1.7%32 / 1,851
Skewb2.304.54
top 2.2%54 / 2,421
4×429.1732.98
top 2.3%59 / 2,071
Square-19.4415.64
top 5.2%51 / 778
5×51:02.101:12.69
top 6.7%89 / 1,151
Megaminx53.4457.95
top 6.7%89 / 966
6×62:12.452:17.83
top 16.6%105 / 548
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves37.00
top 17.4%82 / 372
7×74:37.624:59.94
early days — 3 solves211 / 459

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

Liverpool Winter 2023: 12.14Manchester Winter 2024: 11.98Manchester Spring 2024: 7.56Bolton Spring 2024: 9.21Crewe Spring 2024: 9.70Wakefield Summer 2024: 8.38Bolton Summer 2024: 8.76Lincolnshire Summer 2024: 9.61Birmingham Summer 2024: 8.40Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 7.94Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 7.61Stevenage December 2024: 7.67Crewe Favourites 2025: 7.73Manchester January 2025: 6.76Crewe Winter 2025: 6.93Manchester February 2025: 7.58Leeds Spring 2025: 7.26Bolton Spring 2025: 7.60Birmingham Spring 2025: 7.59Manchester Spring 2025: 6.98Crewe Spring 2025: 7.83Coventry Spring 2025: 8.12Manchester June 2025: 7.45Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 5.89Manchester Favourites I 2025: 6.33Manchester October 2025: 7.91Leicestershire Autumn 2025: 7.01Manchester Favourites II 2026: 7.02Crewe Winter 2026: 6.74Crewe Spring 2026: 7.65Bolton Spring 2026: 5.70Leeds Spring 2026: 6.52Liverpool Spring 2026: 7.41Manchester Cubing League - First 2026: 6.43Darlington Spring 2026: 6.78Sheffield Spring 2026: 5.97Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026: 5.93Crewe May 2026: 6.66Manchester Cubing League - Third 2026: 7.06Wakefield Summer 2026: 6.23Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026: 6.75Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.55York Summer 2026: 6.71Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 5.805.7012.142 Dec 202328 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.