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Benjamin Fernandez
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022FERN17
Benjamin Fernandez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.26, set at Brazos Cubing Fall 2024, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,070th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2022, he has put 353 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.83 in August 2022 to 9.26, a 38% improvement. Benjamin has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.26 | 10.38 | top 5.5% | 3,070 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 3.88 | top 6.0% | 2,413 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.59 | 23.52 | top 14.0% | 1,825 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.40 | 1:21.21 | top 49.2% | 8,231 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 4:17.57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,430 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 4:53.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,163 / 9,401 |
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
- 2 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Cube With Attention in Denton 2023.
- 14 Aug 2022First competition: DFW Cubing Summer 2022. A 16.96 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at DFW Cubing Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Brazos Cubing Winter 2026 · 18 Jan 2026
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Cube With Attention in Denton 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube With Intention in Denton 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Houston Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- CubingUSA Texas Quiet Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 2022
- Cube More in Ardmore 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Texas BarbeCubing 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
- DFW Cubing Summer 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Baumbach — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
- Fletcher Berry — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.