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Botond Benedek

2×2 · top 0.39% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017BENE05

Botond Benedek has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.91, set at Budapest Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Hungary. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since October 2017, he has put 2,113 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.06 in October 2017 to 0.91, an 89% improvement. Botond has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.39% of 189,179 all-time
0.91
signature single · Budapest Open 2026
2,113
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
2×20.912.33
top 0.39%14 / 924
Pyraminx1.734.40
top 0.72%10 / 498
3×36.819.61
top 1.1%22 / 1,234
Skewb2.314.77
top 2.3%11 / 325
4×430.5232.82
top 3.2%20 / 511
3×3 one-handed15.5419.06
top 9.3%46 / 446
5×51:09.021:15.78
top 11.1%31 / 316
Square-113.6917.24
top 13.6%17 / 167
Clock10.3212.74
top 26.6%45 / 185

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

Hungarian Open 2017: 8.06Pécs Open 2017: 4.55Budapest Open 2018: 2.32Bratislava Mental Breakdown 2018: 3.45Hungarian Open 2018: 4.33Oradea Cubing Finals 2018: 2.71Austrian Open 2019: 2.16Budapest Open 2019: 3.38Vienna Cube Day 2019: 3.40Slovakian Summer 2019: 2.24Hungarian Summer 2019: 3.01Hungarian Open 2019: 2.59Budapest Open 2020: 2.37Budapest ReOpen 2022: 1.29Vienna Fasching 2023: 3.12Szokolya Open 2023: 2.45Wiener Frühling 2023: 3.05Budapest Summer 2023: 1.71Budapest Back to School 2023: 1.78Slovak Nationals 2023: 2.32Hungarian Open 2023: 1.37Kőbánya Cube Day 2023: 1.77Vienna Fasching 2024: 1.70Hungarian All-Rounder 1: The Saga Begins 2024: 2.33Budapest Spring 2024: 1.74Hungarian All-Rounder 2: Second Chance 2024: 2.40Košice Open 2024: 2.08Budapest Summer 2024: 2.35Szokolya Open 2024: 1.52Banská Bystrica Open 2024: 1.90Hungarian Open 2024: 1.74Nitra Open 2025: 1.42Hungarian All-Rounder 1: Avengers 2025: 1.60Budapest Spring 2025: 1.09Hungarian Open 2025: 2.07Budapest Open 2026: 0.91Szokolya Open 2026: 1.670.918.0613 Oct 201726 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.