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Daniel Benitez
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024BENI15
Daniel Benitez has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.58, set at Wolverine Weekdays 1 Orem 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,491st in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2024, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.26 in September 2024 to 9.58, a 44% improvement. Daniel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.58 | 13.46 | top 6.3% | 3,491 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.36 | 5.96 | top 31.1% | 12,385 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.87 | 29.17 | top 36.5% | 4,832 / 15,683 |
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
- 25 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 9.58 at Wolverine Weekdays 1 Orem 2025.
- 25 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Wolverine Weekdays 1 Orem 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Utah Cubing with Culture 2024. A 17.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wolverine Weekdays 1 Orem 2025 · 25 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Cubing with Culture 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
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.
- Aidan Penunuri — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lewis Isom — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Miles Halverson — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.