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Benjamin Knutsen

Pyraminx · top 10.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024KNUT01

Benjamin Knutsen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.53, set at Mahalo iā Maui 2025, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,716th in the United States. Across 20 competitions since March 2024, he has put 521 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.25 in March 2024 to 12.65, a 55% improvement. Benjamin has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 10.4% of 129,321 all-time
4.53
signature single · Mahalo iā Maui 2025
521
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.538.58
top 10.4%2,716 / 28,708
Skewb4.308.87
top 13.0%2,022 / 18,907
3×312.6515.96
top 16.2%8,684 / 59,724
2×23.334.50
top 18.1%7,108 / 40,951
Clock10.7513.35
top 28.9%2,237 / 8,927
4×456.461:07.00
top 32.5%5,156 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed26.6128.88
top 38.4%5,097 / 15,683
5×52:03.962:11.45
top 51.7%4,351 / 9,401
Megaminx2:17.64—
top 55.2%4,143 / 7,841
Square-142.6552.75
top 68.5%4,510 / 6,743
6×64:31.41—
top 75.0%2,977 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded4:39.91—
top 76.2%1,584 / 2,092
7×77:26.70—
early days — 1 solve2,665 / 3,184

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 28.25Davis Fall 2024: 22.29Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 18.02Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 21.82Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025: 20.45Berkeley Winter 2025: 20.83Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 17.68Yuba City Spring 2025: 17.91Nevada Championship 2025: 18.04Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 13.63SacCubing XX 2025: 15.08Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025: 17.34Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025: 13.71Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025: 15.89West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 12.65Benicia Open 2025: 14.70SacCubing XXI 2025: 15.25Mahalo iā Maui 2025: 14.73Yuba City Spring 2026: 17.35Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 13.1312.6528.2530 Mar 202429 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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.