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Hamish Bentley

Skewb · top 4.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023BENT02

Hamish Bentley has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.86, set at Geelong Winter 2024, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Australia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since March 2023, he has put 820 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.11 in March 2023 to 2.00, a 36% improvement. Hamish has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.3% of 73,281 all-time
2.86
signature single · Geelong Winter 2024
820
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb2.865.44
top 4.3%136 / 3,534
2×22.003.65
top 4.7%362 / 8,567
3×39.9013.14
top 7.2%669 / 11,709
Clock5.977.38
top 7.2%94 / 1,095
Pyraminx4.295.93
top 9.1%419 / 5,993
Square-113.4218.66
top 12.8%131 / 899
4×441.7347.95
top 14.2%350 / 3,051
Megaminx1:10.711:21.63
top 16.0%198 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed20.8025.31
top 22.7%514 / 2,659
6×62:26.072:44.53
top 23.6%141 / 641
5×51:31.861:36.52
top 28.8%387 / 1,356
3×3 blindfolded1:58.52—
top 33.0%146 / 394
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves40.33
top 33.6%156 / 468
7×74:30.42—
top 41.2%199 / 523

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

Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 3.11Victorian Open 2023: 4.05Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 4.34Melbourne Summer 2024: 3.35Apollo Bay Cubing 2024: 3.58Australian Nationals 2024: 3.53Geelong Winter 2024: 2.00Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 2.11Nimble Newborough 2024: 3.20Melbourne Summer 2025: 3.68Solving in Sale 2025: 3.67Spark Melbourne July 2025: 2.90Australian Nationals 2025: 2.71Apollo Bay Cubing 2025: 2.70Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 3.17Melbourne Summer 2026: 3.28Australian Nationals 2026: 3.222.004.3418 Mar 20239 Jul 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.