People · Romania
Lázár Benedek
2×2 · top 8.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017BENE03
Lázár Benedek has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Romania. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2017, he has put 355 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.71 in May 2017 to 12.73, a 61% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 4.74 | top 8.3% | 103 / 1,214 | |
| 3×3 | 12.73 | 15.09 | top 16.5% | 206 / 1,574 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.91 | 7.29 | top 19.3% | 149 / 825 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.12 | 26.43 | top 26.4% | 76 / 411 | |
| Square-1 | 20.49 | 35.17 | top 29.1% | 35 / 158 | |
| Skewb | 6.54 | 8.00 | top 30.0% | 102 / 401 | |
| 4×4 | 56.65 | 1:06.21 | top 32.7% | 135 / 578 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.47 | 2:11.02 | top 50.1% | 95 / 225 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.92 | 2:53.88 | top 62.0% | 109 / 243 | |
| Clock | 26.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 138 / 187 | |
| 7×7 | 7:46.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 69 / 95 | |
| 6×6 | 5:44.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 91 / 128 |
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
- 13 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2026.
- 30 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Romanian Breaking Records 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.73 at Arad Cubing 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Arad Cubing 2023.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Romanian Cubing Open 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018Six personal bests in one day at Oradea Cubing Finals 2018.
Competitions
- Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cluj Cubing Sports Festival 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Romanian Breaking Records 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Arad Cubing 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Sebes Autumn 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- Romanian Cubing Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Oradea Cubing Finals 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Cluj-Napoca Big Blind 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Sebes Autumn 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Romanian Cubing Open 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2017 · 13 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Romanian Rubik Open 2017 · 27 May 2017
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.
- András Szigeti — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Mihai Căpăţinescu — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- János Bereczki — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.