People · South Africa
Joshua Bennett
Pyraminx · top 6.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025BENN02
Joshua Bennett has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.62, set at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2025, he has put 606 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.98 in March 2025 to 11.16, a 44% improvement. Joshua 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 | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.62 | 4.63 | top 6.0% | 39 / 958 | |
| 3×3 | 11.16 | 14.37 | top 11.0% | 120 / 2,187 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 5.11 | top 12.1% | 119 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:05.86 | — | top 14.9% | 9 / 54 | |
| Clock | 8.03 | 11.06 | top 15.2% | 20 / 153 | |
| Skewb | 4.60 | 9.53 | top 15.3% | 65 / 444 | |
| 4×4 | 46.25 | 56.24 | top 19.9% | 60 / 495 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.83 | 1:32.60 | top 21.1% | 35 / 268 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 38.67 | top 30.1% | 18 / 54 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.76 | 32.30 | top 38.9% | 110 / 473 | |
| Square-1 | 25.61 | 30.88 | top 40.5% | 46 / 121 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 4 cubes · 29:22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 14 / 28 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.78 | 2:06.23 | top 43.2% | 66 / 225 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 11:47.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 12 / 16 | |
| 6×6 | 4:32.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 61 / 87 | |
| 7×7 | 7:04.00 | 8:02.65 | early days — 3 solves | 51 / 73 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Six personal bests in one day at Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.40 at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
Competitions
- WCA African FMC Championship 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Farrarmere Full Speed 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingZA FMC Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
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.
- Marike Faught — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Ruben Grobler — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Osman Badroodin — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.