People · France
Zakareya Benbihi
3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019BENB01
Zakareya Benbihi has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.36, set at Fada Open 2022, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2019, he has put 377 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.63 in March 2019 to 7.36, a 24% improvement. Zakareya 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 | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.36 | 9.40 | top 1.8% | 125 / 4,823 | |
| 4×4 | 33.01 | 37.04 | top 5.0% | 105 / 1,839 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.97 | 17.83 | top 6.1% | 108 / 1,508 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.77 | 1:07.76 | top 7.2% | 60 / 1,038 | |
| Megaminx | 55.54 | 1:01.98 | top 7.7% | 64 / 872 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.93 | top 8.8% | 350 / 3,129 | |
| 6×6 | 2:04.43 | 2:19.50 | top 13.0% | 43 / 444 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 108 / 368 | |
| 7×7 | 3:36.33 | 3:53.44 | top 22.1% | 59 / 381 |
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
- 15 Feb 2020Five personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2020.
- 10 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at Sens Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at French Championship 2019.
- 9 Mar 2019First competition: Chelles Open 2019. A 10.32 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Chelles Open 2019.
- 9 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2019.
Competitions
- Longjum'Open 2026 · 8 May 2026
- Sens Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Chelles Open 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tigery Open 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Fada Open 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Paris Open 2022 · 16 Apr 2022
- Villeneuve-lès-Avignon B 2021 · 18 Jul 2021
- Chelles Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sens Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- French Championship 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Abdelhak Kaddour — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Peter Grassard — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 3.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.