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István Benedek Varga

2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023VARG11

István Benedek Varga has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.40, set at Battle for Belgrade II 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in Hungary. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since June 2023, he has put 933 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.17 in June 2023 to 11.97, a 56% improvement. He has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.40
signature single · Battle for Belgrade II 2025
933
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
2×21.403.89
top 1.7%34 / 919
Pyraminx4.006.04
top 7.6%61 / 495
Skewb3.715.70
top 9.0%48 / 324
Clock7.6410.07
top 13.5%17 / 185
3×311.9714.09
top 13.8%222 / 1,226
Square-119.4029.42
top 26.5%34 / 167
4×454.461:03.28
top 30.1%154 / 509
3×3 one-handed23.7335.25
top 30.7%159 / 445
5×51:37.751:50.77
top 33.6%89 / 315
6×63:36.274:02.96
top 57.2%71 / 130
Megaminx2:43.03—
top 67.3%138 / 190
7×77:56.05—
early days — 1 solve98 / 116

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

Budapest Summer 2023: 27.17Budapest Back to School 2023: 28.51Hungarian Open 2023: 26.06Timisoara Cube Day 2024: 20.02Hungarian All-Rounder 1: The Saga Begins 2024: 21.18Budapest Spring 2024: 16.81Hungarian All-Rounder 3: A Kind of Magic 2024: 18.28Budapest Summer 2024: 17.51Dolné Orešany Open 2024: 18.26Maribor Open 2024: 18.13Slovak Nationals 2024: 14.99Bački Petrovac Open 2024: 14.19Vienna Autumn 2024: 14.11Hungarian Open 2024: 12.52Budapest Special 2024: 16.63Varaždin Open 2024: 13.95Hungarian All-Rounder 3: Minions 2025: 14.86Irig Newcomer Day 2025: 14.72Slovenska Bistrica Open 2025: 12.51Serbian Championship 2025: 14.60Bucharest Smart Summer Cubing 2025: 13.96Slovak Championship 2025: 11.97Szokolya Open 2025: 12.50Battle for Belgrade II 2025: 13.13Hungarian Open 2025: 13.95Prague CubeMas 2025: 14.4011.9728.513 Jun 20236 Dec 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.