People · Australia
Ben Armstrong
2×2 · top 37.1% of 189,179 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 37.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,974th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since May 2025, he has put 63 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.04 in May 2025 to 26.95, a 37% improvement. Ben has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.37 | top 37.1% | 2,974 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.06 | 12.82 | top 45.4% | 2,569 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 | 26.95 | 35.83 | top 56.8% | 6,215 / 11,943 | |
| Skewb | 11.96 | 25.40 | top 65.9% | 2,248 / 3,589 |
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
- Canberra Spring Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 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 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Angus Hannelly — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Hitchman — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.