People · United States
Vincent Benites
Skewb · top 2.6% of 74,164 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023BENI01
Vincent Benites has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at UCSB Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 389th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since March 2023, he has put 639 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.81 in March 2023 to 9.58, a 52% improvement. Vincent has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.40 | 3.71 | top 2.6% | 389 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 2.56 | top 3.0% | 1,189 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.44 | 5.60 | top 5.2% | 1,384 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 9.58 | 11.87 | top 6.4% | 3,563 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 6.64 | 7.98 | top 9.6% | 758 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.59 | 1:12.15 | top 11.9% | 821 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 39.89 | 44.88 | top 12.1% | 1,811 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.62 | 23.29 | top 19.6% | 2,540 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 23.57 | 31.18 | top 36.0% | 2,371 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:32.60 | — | early days — 3 solves | 954 / 2,128 | |
| 7×7 | 5:32.71 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,848 / 3,236 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at UCSB Cubing 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at UCSB Cubing 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bobcat Battle Fall 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Corona Summer 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.23 at Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Winter 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Cubes Canes & Joy Vegas 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSB Cubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bobcat Battle Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bobcat Battle 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Marshall Cubing Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Samuel Martin — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 74 times
- Jaden Thompson — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.