People · Israel
Benji Shahaf
Skewb · top 2.3% of 74,164 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SHAH41
Benji Shahaf has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Israel. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2022, he has put 646 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.47 in September 2022 to 7.69, a 50% improvement. Benji has entered 17 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 | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.31 | 3.82 | top 2.3% | 21 / 634 | |
| 3×3 | 7.69 | 10.20 | top 2.3% | 172 / 2,044 | |
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 3.30 | top 5.7% | 308 / 1,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.34 | 17.85 | top 6.8% | 85 / 678 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.54 | 6.71 | top 10.5% | 221 / 973 | |
| Clock | 7.65 | 10.93 | top 13.5% | 53 / 252 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.77 | 1:34.85 | top 26.2% | 109 / 264 | |
| Square-1 | 20.72 | 27.33 | top 29.7% | 98 / 255 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.25 | 1:14.21 | top 47.2% | 323 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades 2024.
- 17 Jun 2023Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at South Jersey Speedsolving 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at NJIT Spring 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Six personal bests in one day at NJIT Spring 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.64 at Empire State Winter Whirl 2023.
Competitions
- Long Island Back to School 2026 · 5 Sep 2026
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Side Events in Nyack 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2024 · 12 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring Sprint 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Manhattan Mini A 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes on the Bayside 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter Whirl 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Babylon Summer 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 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.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ryan Hughes — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Carter Williams — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.