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Ben Becker

2×2 · top 8.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022BECK14

Ben Becker has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,415th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since December 2022, he has put 391 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.36 in December 2022 to 10.89, a 55% improvement. Ben has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.6% of 189,179 all-time
2.46
signature single · 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022
391
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.465.89
top 8.6%3,415 / 41,674
3×310.8914.52
top 10.2%5,589 / 60,666
3×3 blindfolded59.261:36.70
top 12.8%249 / 2,128
Pyraminx6.528.47
top 24.0%6,633 / 29,168
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 33:19—
top 29.9%221 / 740
Square-120.8527.56
top 30.0%1,967 / 6,846
4×456.3859.36
top 32.5%5,214 / 19,354
Clock11.8712.85
top 34.2%2,773 / 9,172
Skewb7.9511.99
top 41.0%7,202 / 19,164
4×4 blindfolded8:45.41—
top 49.4%203 / 442
5×52:00.162:07.17
top 49.5%4,207 / 9,537
3×3 one-handed31.7338.93
top 50.7%7,074 / 15,900
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves51.67
top 71.6%1,496 / 2,059
5×5 blindfolded27:47.00—
early days — 1 solve188 / 220
6×65:34.445:43.49
early days — 3 solves3,657 / 4,262
7×79:02.83—
top 94.0%3,086 / 3,236

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

2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 24.36Door County Cube Challenge 2023: 17.30OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 16.68Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023: 17.65Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 16.34Middleton Meetup Thursday 2023: 15.08Muske-GO 2024: 14.53Cubing in Oak Creek 2024: 13.786x6 Still in a Madison Park 2024: 13.844x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024: 10.89WisconsiNxN 2025: 14.0910.8924.363 Dec 202219 Jul 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.