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Benjamin Sanchez Magaña

2×2 · top 0.41% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014MAGA02

Benjamin Sanchez Magaña has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.92, set at Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025, puts him in the top 0.41% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Mexico. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 60 competitions since March 2014, he has put 2,569 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.97 in March 2014 to 6.86, a 57% improvement. Benjamin has entered 60 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.41% of 186,767 all-time
0.92
signature single · Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025
2,569
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×20.921.80
top 0.41%19 / 3,018
3×36.868.58
top 1.2%51 / 4,263
3×3 one-handed10.3013.94
top 1.3%17 / 1,672
Pyraminx2.524.29
top 2.2%58 / 2,003
Skewb2.665.63
top 3.5%57 / 1,157
4×435.4940.66
top 7.2%151 / 1,845
Square-113.0218.79
top 11.9%53 / 516
Megaminx1:09.531:15.18
top 15.3%169 / 1,042
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves43.00
top 17.4%27 / 317
Clock9.8410.88
top 24.3%184 / 652
5×51:29.071:35.89
top 26.5%297 / 1,010
3×3 blindfolded4:08.245:52.06
top 70.0%143 / 251
6×64:41.56—
top 77.6%406 / 510
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 30:00—
early days — 1 solve78 / 87
7×79:16.89—
early days — 2 solves452 / 472

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

Fénix 2014: 15.97Weas México 2017: 9.65Return Open 2017: 9.60Tlaxcala Sunshine 2018: 10.16CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.31Mexican Championship 2018: 9.76Cuernavaca Summer 2018: 8.72Plata Open Taxco 2018: 9.32Conde Open 2019: 9.24Tunas Open 2019: 9.27Side Events Puebla 2019: 8.41Reto Chignahuapan 2019: 8.21Roble Cubing Open 2019: 8.57Quetzal Cubing 2019: 8.07Telpochcalli Tlaxcala 2020: 7.80Fénix México 2022: 8.63Speedcube Baja Open 2022: 10.24Minerva Open 2022: 8.58Baja Spring 2023: 8.57Minerva Guadalajara 2023: 10.12IZcube 2023: 7.79Calmecac Tlaxcala 2023: 7.71Zaragoza Open 2023: 7.98TizaCubing 2023: 6.86Toros Open 2023: 8.06Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023: 8.40Volcano in Puebla 2023: 8.75Mexican Championship 2023: 8.80Los Fuertes Puebla 2024: 8.39Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 1 2024: 7.97Aragón Treasure 2024: 7.64Texcoco Open Z 2024: 8.41Salamanca Guanajuato 2024: 8.34BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024: 7.45Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025: 8.42Ruta Cubera Salamanca SE 2025: 8.30 Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025: 7.96Ágora Izcalli 2025: 8.40Coacalcubo 2025: 8.23SMA Open 2025: 8.31Warm Up Seattle 2025: 7.40Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.84Naucalli Ce 2025: 9.24Xidoo 2025: 8.37SilencESFM 2025: 9.74Puerta Victoria 2025: 8.86McBaja III 2025: 9.01Mexzingo Open 2025: 8.69Mexican Championship 2025: 8.35Contrarreloj - San Andrés Cholula 2026: 8.76Caminos de Guanajuato - Celaya 2026: 8.69Caminos de Guanajuato - Salamanca 2026: 7.166.8615.9729 Mar 201422 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.