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Nathan Benson

Pyraminx · top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022BENS01

Nathan Benson has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at GAN Southern Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 502nd in the United States. Until April 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since February 2022, he has put 1,441 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.32 in February 2022 to 10.48, a 32% improvement. Nathan has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time
2.38
signature single · GAN Southern Championship 2026
1,441
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.386.37
top 1.9%502 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves36.33
top 3.0%81 / 2,040
2×21.893.09
top 4.1%1,612 / 40,951
3×3 Multi-Blind19 of 19 cubes · 57:21—
top 5.3%40 / 731
Clock6.147.46
top 7.7%603 / 8,927
3×310.4814.16
top 8.9%4,874 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded48.821:10.71
top 9.5%186 / 2,092
Skewb4.297.48
top 13.0%2,009 / 18,907
4×446.6757.52
top 20.4%3,100 / 19,072
4×4 blindfolded4:55.365:57.15
top 21.5%85 / 440
5×5 blindfolded10:58.0014:07.00
top 25.1%47 / 218
Square-119.1625.94
top 26.0%1,701 / 6,743
5×51:45.441:57.22
top 39.5%3,180 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed27.8934.89
top 41.7%5,589 / 15,683
6×63:22.803:35.98
top 51.7%1,940 / 4,196
Megaminx2:14.652:17.82
top 53.6%4,021 / 7,841
7×75:55.086:29.55
top 66.5%2,016 / 3,184

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

North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 15.32DFW Cubing Spring 2022: 17.01Texas BarbeCubing 2022: 13.99Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 12.27CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 14.50Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 14.01Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023: 12.58Minnesota Meetup III Thursday 2024: 14.10DFW Winter Variation 2024: 12.31DFW Cubing Winter 2024: 13.52DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024: 12.86DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 14.50Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024: 14.73Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 13.39DFW Back to School 2024: 14.09Texas Championship 2024: 14.69DFW Cubing Winter 2025: 12.82Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025: 13.10DFW Qualifier 2025: 10.48DFW Cubing Summer 2025: 13.77Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.15CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025: 12.30DFW Back to School 2025: 12.82Cube On in Richardson 2025: 13.37Texas Championship 2025: 11.28Tyler Twists & Turns 2026: 11.94Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026: 12.54GAN Southern Championship 2026: 12.1610.4817.015 Feb 202211 Jun 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.