Bezos have arguably just trumped Space X by vertically landing a rocket after a flight to 100 km altitude. Not an orbital flight though.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34909713
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In all fairness, Blue Origins built the New Shepard with suborbital space tourism in mind. Their achievement is significant for demonstrating that reusable rockets are possible. But it isn't as great an achievement as soft-landing a rocket designed for orbital payloads, which by design must be larger and heavier. So save some of that champagne for when SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 successfully. :)
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