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Desmond Bennett
Pyraminx · top 18.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BENN06
Desmond Bennett has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.72, set at Berwick Fall 2023, puts him in the top 18.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,763rd in the United States. Across 13 competitions since April 2022, he has put 233 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.38 in April 2022 to 17.54, a 64% improvement. Desmond has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.72 | 8.27 | top 18.0% | 4,763 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.45 | 6.70 | top 32.3% | 12,833 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 17.54 | 19.39 | top 32.7% | 18,123 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.14 | 11.41 | top 34.7% | 5,876 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,111 / 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
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.27 at Princeton Fall 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Berwick Fall 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-30 3×3: 28.88 at Dunkirk Spring A 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022First competition: Empire State Spring 2022. A 49.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Summit Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2024 · 12 May 2024
- Empire State Spring Sprint 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Manhattan Mini D 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Princeton Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berwick Fall 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022
- Dunkirk Spring A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022
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.
- Carson Widjaja — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Williams — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.