People · Canada
Manuel Benoit
3×3 · top 17.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014BENO01
Manuel Benoit has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.13, set at Saint-Augustin B 2025, puts him in the top 17.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,684th in Canada. Across 6 competitions since October 2014, he has put 126 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.80 in October 2014 to 13.13, a 17% improvement. Manuel 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.13 | 14.77 | top 17.9% | 1,684 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 50.25 | 57.00 | top 25.0% | 637 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.98 | 2:12.04 | top 40.5% | 514 / 1,499 | |
| 2×2 | 5.49 | 6.50 | top 45.2% | 3,200 / 7,173 | |
| 7×7 | 5:52.61 | — | early days — 1 solve | 291 / 503 |
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
- 19 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at Trois-Rivieres 2019.
- 19 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Trois-Rivieres 2019.
- 11 Oct 2014First competition: Montreal Fall 2014. A 15.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Championnat Québécois 2026 · 8 May 2026
- Imaginaire Québec 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Championnat Canadien 2025 · 24 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint-Augustin B 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Trois-Rivieres 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Montreal Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Alexandre Ondet — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles-Olivier Rivard — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Chicoine — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.