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Oliver Benson
Pyraminx · top 7.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025BENS02
Oliver Benson has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.01, set at Puerto Rico Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,012th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2025, he has put 310 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.16 in May 2025 to 11.78, a 31% improvement. Oliver has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.01 | 6.72 | top 7.7% | 2,012 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 11.78 | 14.50 | top 13.2% | 7,162 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.63 | top 13.4% | 5,342 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.72 | 8.84 | top 16.1% | 2,565 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.38 | 28.46 | top 21.6% | 2,796 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.70 | 1:35.77 | top 25.5% | 1,790 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 53.43 | 59.49 | top 29.0% | 4,562 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 11.89 | 15.96 | top 34.3% | 2,783 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.80 | 2:08.30 | top 46.0% | 3,853 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 29.82 | 44.38 | top 49.1% | 3,252 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 4:23.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,925 / 4,262 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.90 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Nine personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 10 May 2025First competition: UMBC Spring 2025. A 17.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- New York New Year 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puerto Rico Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Connecticut Championship 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zayn Khanani — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Rogers — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.