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Joshua Benjamin

Pyraminx · top 9.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021BENJ01

Joshua Benjamin has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.41, set at NZ South Island Championship 2026, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in New Zealand. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since January 2021, he has put 1,231 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.29 in January 2021 to 11.53, a 46% improvement. Joshua has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 9.8% of 129,321 all-time
4.41
signature single · NZ South Island Championship 2026
1,231
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx4.417.71
top 9.8%149 / 1,141
Skewb3.846.12
top 9.8%88 / 666
2×22.744.31
top 11.4%225 / 1,615
3×311.5313.52
top 12.3%252 / 2,095
4×445.6949.86
top 19.2%137 / 722
Clock11.0512.73
top 30.3%113 / 303
Megaminx1:52.602:12.03
top 41.9%134 / 283
3×3 one-handed28.2631.98
top 42.6%230 / 600
5×51:55.922:08.70
top 46.6%162 / 355
Square-135.2847.01
top 58.9%160 / 251
6×64:27.764:33.64
top 74.0%123 / 149
7×78:08.248:17.32
top 89.2%116 / 126

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

A New Year in Auckland 2021: 21.29NZ North Island Championship 2021: 16.81Auckland Autumn 2023: 14.86NZ North Island Championship 2023: 14.53Beachside Auckland 2024: 18.82Clauckland 2024: 15.54South Auckland Side Events 2024: 15.28New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 12.70Springing into Auckland 2024: 13.94New Zealand Nationals 2024: 16.36A New Year in Auckland 2025: 12.18Sqauckland 2025: 12.69Twisting in Titirangi 2025: 15.02Auckland Autumn 2025: 11.76Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 14.71Milford Winter Warm Up 2025: 11.53Coping in Auckland 2025: 13.40NZ North Island Championship 2025: 12.92Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 2025: 14.26NxNs in November - Ōtautahi 2025: 13.38New Zealand Nationals 2025: 12.57Invercargill Summer 2026: 12.19Riccarton Newcomer Rumble 2026: 14.11NZ South Island Championship 2026: 14.29Christchurch Autumn 2026: 13.08GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 13.54Christchurch Winter 2026: 15.6211.5321.298 Jan 20218 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.

  • Brandon Harris — met in 199 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Elyas Eyou — met in 177 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Levi Eyou — met in 173 rounds, finished ahead 12 times

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.