People · Australia
Ben Armstrong
2×2 · top 37.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025ARMS03
Ben Armstrong has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.82, set at Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 37.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,917th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since May 2025, he has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.04 in May 2025 to 26.95, a 37% improvement. Ben has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.82 | 8.41 | top 37.0% | 2,917 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 26.95 | 35.83 | top 56.7% | 6,100 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.04 | 16.89 | top 60.8% | 3,590 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 11.96 | 25.40 | top 65.8% | 2,202 / 3,534 |
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
- 9 May 2026First sub-30 3×3: 29.16 at Wagga Autumn 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wagga Autumn 2026.
- 18 May 2025First competition: Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025. A 43.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wagga Autumn 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025
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.
- Liam Sawade — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Cook — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Angus Hannelly — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.