People · Germany
Nicolas Benezan
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 37.3% of 12,294 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012BENE01
Nicolas Benezan has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 37 moves, set at BW Open 2013, puts him in the top 37.3% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 139th in Germany. Across 8 competitions since February 2012, he has put 118 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.05 in February 2012 to 24.90, a 27% improvement. Nicolas has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | top 37.3% | 139 / 338 | |
| 2×2 | 5.28 | 10.74 | top 42.8% | 1,391 / 2,875 | |
| 3×3 | 24.90 | 28.41 | top 52.4% | 2,436 / 4,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.19 | 52.28 | top 70.7% | 948 / 1,314 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.06 | 23.64 | top 87.9% | 1,825 / 1,987 | |
| 4×4 | 2:34.15 | — | top 92.6% | 1,780 / 1,934 |
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
- 2 Feb 2013First sub-30 3×3: 27.22 at Hessen Open 2013.
- 2 Feb 2013Four personal bests in one day at Hessen Open 2013.
- 4 Feb 2012First competition: Hessen Open 2012. A 34.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hessen Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Open 2014 · 15 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2014 · 18 Jan 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia Open 2013 · 22 Jun 2013 — 1 personal best set
- BW Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Open 2013 · 2 Feb 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- BW Open 2012 · 28 Apr 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Open 2012 · 4 Feb 2012
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.
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jan Bentlage — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Laura Ohrndorf — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.