People · United States
Gavin Benton
3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BENT01
Gavin Benton has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.46, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,107th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2022, he has put 610 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.15 in April 2022 to 8.46, a 53% improvement. Gavin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.46 | 9.79 | top 3.7% | 2,107 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 34.02 | 38.54 | top 5.9% | 921 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.67 | 5.38 | top 6.2% | 1,607 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 2.86 | top 6.8% | 2,739 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.39 | 21.82 | top 9.0% | 1,215 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.84 | 1:13.63 | top 10.9% | 858 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 8.14 | 11.17 | top 15.8% | 1,232 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 5.59 | 6.78 | top 22.7% | 3,663 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.78 | 1:41.83 | top 24.9% | 1,754 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 32.84 | 38.82 | top 54.8% | 3,666 / 6,846 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Five personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at TJHSST Winter 2026.
- 16 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- TJHSST Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Richmond Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
- Virginia Beach Spring 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dunkirk Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 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.
- Michael Nielsen — met in 104 rounds, never finished ahead
- Warren Morris — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 92 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.