People · Netherlands
Thomas Bennis
Skewb · top 12.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018BENN05
Thomas Bennis has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.21, set at Westfries Open 2022, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 119th in the Netherlands. Across 12 competitions since December 2018, he has put 368 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Thomas has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.21 | 5.85 | top 12.4% | 119 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 14.07 | 16.20 | top 21.2% | 621 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 48.96 | 57.43 | top 23.4% | 222 / 1,000 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.78 | 9.88 | top 26.1% | 455 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 4.08 | 5.45 | top 27.5% | 637 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.25 | 42.09 | top 57.7% | 402 / 726 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.75 | — | top 64.7% | 335 / 532 | |
| Square-1 | 50.32 | — | top 76.4% | 288 / 407 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:45.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 103 / 132 | |
| Megaminx | 3:24.44 | — | top 82.1% | 375 / 414 |
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
- 8 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.07 at Rijswijk Open 2019.
- 8 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Rijswijk Open 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018First competition: Rijswijk Open 2018.
Competitions
- Dutch Nationals 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Westfries Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
- Rijswijk Open 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Star Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rijswijk Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
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.
- Robin Verstraten — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Olivier Vos — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Daniël Kassab — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.