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Benjamin Reynolds
Skewb · top 3.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021REYN01
Benjamin Reynolds has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.65, set at Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in Australia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2021, he has put 340 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 8.07 in January 2021 to 2.65, a 67% improvement. Benjamin has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.65 | 4.92 | top 3.5% | 117 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 6.62 | top 8.0% | 601 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.54 | 9.26 | top 16.7% | 812 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 15.39 | 19.09 | top 25.7% | 2,357 / 11,709 | |
| Clock | 16.20 | — | early days — 1 solve | 541 / 1,095 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 722 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.60 | — | top 69.0% | 2,001 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.33 | — | top 77.9% | 1,928 / 2,659 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.59 at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 13 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022.
- 28 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021First competition: Melbourne Summer 2021. A 28.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Kensington May Sunday 2024 · 12 May 2024
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021 · 28 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Eli Panetta — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead once
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.