People · United States
Bennett Courington
3×3 · top 9.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023COUR04
Bennett Courington has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.79, set at DuPage Winter 2024, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,440th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2023, he has put 240 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.72 in June 2023 to 10.79, a 45% improvement. Bennett has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.79 | 12.38 | top 9.9% | 5,440 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 5.06 | top 22.0% | 8,729 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.42 | 11.03 | top 23.2% | 6,378 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 50.02 | 1:08.42 | top 24.9% | 3,852 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 12.89 | 13.81 | top 39.2% | 3,190 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 11.48 | 16.78 | top 63.4% | 11,926 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 2:46.05 | 3:30.32 | top 68.7% | 5,416 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 46.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,820 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:05.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,306 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 3:53.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,687 / 9,537 |
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
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at DuPage Winter 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Get to Work Chicagoland 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Get to Work Chicagoland 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023First competition: Little Giant Open 2023. A 20.50 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.72 at Little Giant Open 2023.
Competitions
- Machesney Park Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Muske-GO 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UIUC Fall 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- The Core of Hobart 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall Mini B 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Get to Work Chicagoland 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lisle Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Little Giant Open 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brian Johnson — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Carter Kucala — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.