People · Norway
Benjamin Lilleøen Bakken
Pyraminx · top 0.63% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018BAKK01
Benjamin Lilleøen Bakken has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Bergen Open 2020, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Norway. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2018, he has put 743 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.45 in September 2018 to 1.67, a 69% improvement. Benjamin has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.67 | 2.18 | top 0.63% | 6 / 865 | |
| 2×2 | 1.63 | 2.80 | top 2.7% | 46 / 1,202 | |
| 3×3 | 8.41 | 11.73 | top 3.6% | 59 / 1,609 | |
| Skewb | 3.12 | 6.89 | top 5.6% | 35 / 531 | |
| 4×4 | 45.40 | 50.66 | top 18.8% | 94 / 590 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.52 | 1:36.84 | top 23.4% | 44 / 262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.58 | 28.90 | top 24.8% | 120 / 513 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | top 51.8% | 63 / 117 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.91 | 2:53.79 | top 54.2% | 148 / 318 | |
| Square-1 | 53.76 | — | early days — 3 solves | 123 / 153 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Oslo Open 2023.
- 22 Jul 2022Six personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2022.
- 12 Nov 2021Four personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2021.
- 2 Aug 2020Seven personal bests in one day at Bergen Open 2020.
- 2 Nov 2019Six personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2019.
- 4 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Nidaros Cubing 2019.
Competitions
- Kjeller Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2023 · 23 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2022 · 28 Dec 2022
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Skjetten Mental Breakdown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Romerike Easter Open 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2021 · 12 Nov 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2020 · 2 Aug 2020 — 7 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Nidaros Cubing 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2019 · 29 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Mental Breakdown Norway 2019 · 24 Mar 2019
- VI QB'er 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Fredrikstad Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 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.
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Knut Skaug Haraldsen — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.