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Jeremy Benik

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016BENI05

Jeremy Benik has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Reno Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,023rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 81 competitions since April 2016, he has put 2,615 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.81 in April 2016 to 8.42, a 39% improvement. Jeremy has entered 81 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.42
signature single · Reno Summer 2024
2,615
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.429.75
top 3.6%2,023 / 59,724
2×21.963.79
top 4.5%1,791 / 40,951
Skewb3.055.51
top 5.2%806 / 18,907
Clock5.867.02
top 6.8%531 / 8,927
4×436.6141.17
top 8.3%1,249 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.3520.55
top 8.8%1,179 / 15,683
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 14 cubes · 59:48—
top 10.0%71 / 731
Pyraminx4.658.24
top 11.1%2,892 / 28,708
5×51:10.311:16.58
top 11.8%917 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded57.141:20.39
top 12.1%234 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves40.67
top 12.2%280 / 2,040
6×62:03.052:16.33
top 12.3%444 / 4,196
7×73:26.253:42.39
top 18.5%522 / 3,184
Megaminx1:17.741:33.37
top 20.4%1,402 / 7,841
Square-120.7824.83
top 29.7%1,931 / 6,743
4×4 blindfolded7:13.968:42.62
top 38.5%159 / 440
5×5 blindfolded20:00.0023:00.00
top 60.1%136 / 218

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

Reno Open 2016: 13.81Reno Fall 2017: 13.53SacCubing III 2018: 12.58Reno Winter 2018: 11.69Las Vegas Spring 2018: 11.54Reno Spring 2018: 11.03SacCubing IV 2018: 10.07CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 11.18West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 11.43CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 13.86Reno Fall 2018: 9.97Reno Winter 2019: 11.01Berkeley Spring 2019: 10.93Reno Spring 2019: 11.61WCA World Championship 2019: 10.46Berkeley Summer 2019: 12.00Reno Fall In Memoriam 2019: 10.33SacCubing IX 2020: 11.08Reno Winter 2020: 9.85SacCubing X 2021: 9.97Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 9.88Berkeley Summer 2022: 11.23Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 9.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 9.91Berkeley Spring 2023: 8.85Reno Spring 2023: 8.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 9.52Reno Summer 2023: 9.18CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 9.69Berkeley Summer 2023: 10.04Reno Fall 2023: 8.77CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 9.79Reno Mini 2023: 9.25Reno Winter 2024: 9.28Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024: 9.43Reno Spring 2024: 10.73Reno Mini Spring 2024: 8.74Reno Summer 2024: 8.42Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 10.16Reno Mini Summer 2024: 9.06Reno Fall 2024: 9.58Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025: 9.80Reno Mini Winter 2025: 9.31Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.01West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 8.61Reno Mini Fall 2025: 8.45SacCubing XXII 2026: 10.56Reno Spring 2026: 9.90Cubing in the Park Reno 2026: 8.93Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 9.028.4213.8616 Apr 201629 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.