People · United States
Leo Benson
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022BENS02
Leo Benson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.55, set at Oregon Championship 2024, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,980th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2022, he has put 106 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.16 in May 2022 to 10.55, a 35% improvement. Leo has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 13.43 | top 9.1% | 4,980 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.71 | 5.41 | top 22.8% | 8,964 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.73 | 14.85 | top 42.5% | 12,181 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.59 | 35.29 | top 45.7% | 6,205 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.38 | 1:22.15 | top 49.1% | 8,227 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 12.11 | 16.61 | top 66.5% | 12,430 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.14 | — | top 73.5% | 6,519 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:30.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,687 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 7:19.01 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,023 / 4,196 |
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
- 26 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.67 at Keep Portland Weird 2022.
- 8 May 2022First competition: Rose City First-Timers B 2022. A 16.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Couve Cubing Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oregon Championship 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Keep Portland Weird 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City First-Timers B 2022 · 8 May 2022
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.
- Steph Prze — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jason White — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.