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Younes Benbouta
Pyraminx · top 1.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025BENB01
Younes Benbouta has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Visé Saturday Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in France. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2025, he has put 365 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 4.03 in February 2025 to 1.94, a 52% improvement. Younes has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.94 | 2.93 | top 1.0% | 29 / 2,148 | |
| Skewb | 2.47 | 6.16 | top 2.8% | 44 / 1,291 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 3.39 | top 6.0% | 254 / 3,074 | |
| Clock | 5.70 | 6.87 | top 6.3% | 43 / 714 | |
| 3×3 | 11.33 | 12.88 | top 11.5% | 593 / 4,746 | |
| 4×4 | 43.22 | 53.25 | top 16.0% | 306 / 1,817 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.14 | 1:17.02 | top 16.3% | 128 / 867 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.49 | 26.46 | top 21.8% | 342 / 1,490 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:38.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 107 / 434 | |
| Square-1 | 19.77 | 27.51 | top 27.5% | 148 / 540 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.55 | 1:48.34 | top 35.8% | 334 / 1,024 | |
| 7×7 | 5:37.16 | — | early days — 2 solves | 192 / 372 | |
| 6×6 | 4:08.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 275 / 437 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Twist and Turn Ghent 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Belgian Nationals 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Ten personal bests in one day at French Championship 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First competition: Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025. A 11.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Twist and Turn Ghent 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Visé Saturday Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's CLuBB de Boulogne-Billancourt 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 10 personal bests set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 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.
- Joran Pauwels — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yanniko Zhechev — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Justin Vinckenbosch — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.