People · United States
Derek Bennett
3×3 · top 0.53% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017BENN10
Derek Bennett has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.08, set at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 358th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2017, he has put 556 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.19 in August 2017 to 6.08, a 57% improvement. Derek has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.08 | 7.45 | top 0.53% | 358 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.10 | 18.08 | top 1.1% | 178 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 31.88 | 37.34 | top 4.1% | 654 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.27 | top 7.5% | 2,957 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.35 | 1:16.33 | top 8.6% | 669 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.34 | 9.53 | top 15.4% | 4,033 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.90 | 12.90 | top 32.9% | 5,511 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 25.07 | 38.09 | top 39.3% | 2,552 / 6,743 |
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
- 18 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Scranton Scramble 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Canandaigua Winter 2020.
- 3 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Binghamton Winter 2019.
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Elk Cubing 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018Five personal bests in one day at Elk Cubing 2018.
- 19 Aug 2017First competition: Michigan 2017. A 14.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Corning Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- WisconsiNxN 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Door County Cube Challenge 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Binghamton Cube Day 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Flower City Cube Fest 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Scranton Scramble 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Canandaigua Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Binghamton Winter 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Elk Cubing 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
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 50 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Evan Liu — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Brian Johnson — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.