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Mark Bennis

Pyraminx · top 0.53% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017BENN09

Mark Bennis has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at German Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in the Netherlands. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 76 competitions since August 2017, he has put 4,088 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.24 in August 2017 to 7.56, a 50% improvement. Mark has entered 76 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.53% of 129,321 all-time
1.59
signature single · German Nationals 2023
4,088
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
Pyraminx1.592.42
top 0.53%12 / 1,283
4×428.0234.04
top 1.8%19 / 1,000
3×37.569.87
top 2.1%59 / 2,294
5×557.841:01.09
top 4.5%27 / 532
6×61:41.951:57.75
top 4.5%12 / 205
3×3 one-handed14.2420.01
top 6.6%44 / 726
2×22.253.76
top 6.6%142 / 1,665
Skewb3.637.77
top 8.5%86 / 957
Megaminx57.631:04.22
top 8.7%33 / 414
7×72:54.883:11.24
top 9.2%15 / 169
Clock6.578.10
top 9.4%40 / 466
Square-126.3934.46
top 42.2%167 / 407
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
top 55.5%102 / 167
3×3 blindfolded4:59.08—
early days — 3 solves108 / 132

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

Zwolle Open 2017: 15.24Dutch Nationals 2017: 12.28Dutch Open 2017: 13.18Marathon Open 2017: 12.51Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 11.30Assen Open 2018: 11.75Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018: 9.69Breda Open 2018: 10.91Veenendaal Open 2018: 10.13WCA European Championship 2018: 11.77Belgian Summer 2018: 10.08Zwolle Open 2018: 12.45Dutch Nationals 2018: 10.06Dutch Open 2018: 11.54Meppel Open 2018: 10.69Rijswijk Open 2018: 12.07Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 11.20Annuntia Open 2019: 11.38Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019: 10.85Breda Open 2019: 11.02Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 11.21Hoogland Open 2019: 11.75Dutch Nationals 2019: 10.76Dutch Open 2019: 10.22Rijswijk Open 2019: 11.91Dutch Masters 2020: 12.68Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 10.04Veenendaal Open 2020: 10.11Dutch Spring 2022: 10.70Dutch Masters 2022: 9.36Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.73Dutch Autumn 2022: 10.46Westfries Open 2022: 9.35Dutch Nationals 2022: 10.11Alphen Cubing 2023: 10.61Kampen Open 2023: 10.18Wommelgem Open 2023: 10.24Ermelo Cubing B 2023: 10.42Capelle Cubing 2023: 9.19Dutch Open 2023: 10.04German Nationals 2023: 10.15Amsterdam Open 2023: 10.22Dutch Autumn 2023: 9.71Dutch Nationals 2023: 9.44Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 10.70Leersum Algs 2024: 9.93Dutch Winter North 2024: 9.01Arnhem Open A 2024: 9.08Capelle Cubing 2024: 10.14Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.32Heerenveen Open 2024: 10.06Dutch Nationals 2024: 9.39Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 9.48Leersum Squared 2025: 9.23Start in Veenendaal 2025: 8.98Lente in Lent 2025: 10.06Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 8.99Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 8.16Arnhem Open 2025: 9.00Little LeideNxN 2025: 9.01Breda Open 2025: 8.40Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 8.18Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 10.10Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 9.29Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 9.47Amsterdam Open 2026: 8.44West-Fries Open 2026: 9.31Meppel Mayhem 2026: 7.56Warm Up Lent 2026: 9.19Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.08Capelle Chaos B 2026: 8.79Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 9.397.5615.2419 Aug 201728 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.