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Benji Richler
Pyraminx · top 2.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015RICH13
Benji Richler has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.65, set at Ontario Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 95th in Canada. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2015, he has put 527 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.32 in November 2015 to 9.03, a 45% improvement. Benji has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.65 | 4.81 | top 2.6% | 95 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 9.03 | 9.92 | top 4.9% | 475 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 3.09 | top 6.6% | 424 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 41.23 | 46.52 | top 13.6% | 342 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.69 | 1:25.85 | top 15.1% | 176 / 1,499 | |
| Skewb | 4.70 | 6.94 | top 15.9% | 346 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.78 | 22.43 | top 17.2% | 364 / 2,620 | |
| Square-1 | 25.62 | 27.50 | top 40.5% | 352 / 952 | |
| 6×6 | 3:41.38 | — | early days — 1 solve | 332 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 5:47.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 283 / 503 |
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
- 10 Dec 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Toronto Limited Fall 2016.
- 10 Dec 2016Five personal bests in one day at Toronto Limited Fall 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.46 at Toronto Limited Spring 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Limited Spring 2016.
- 28 Nov 2015First competition: Toronto Open Fall 2015. A 16.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Summer 2026 · 14 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Thornhill Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering B 2023 · 19 Mar 2023
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- London Limited Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Limited Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Limited Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Fall 2015 · 28 Nov 2015
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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Mathieu Preston — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Brennen Lin — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.