People · United Kingdom
Ben Bower
2×2 · top 11.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023BOWE07
Ben Bower has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.79, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2025, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 744th in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since June 2023, he has put 120 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.80 in June 2023 to 13.40, a 29% improvement. Ben has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 4.86 | top 11.9% | 744 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 13.40 | 17.39 | top 18.9% | 1,260 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.86 | 9.65 | top 26.7% | 1,055 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,303 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:58.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,829 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 34.46 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,394 / 2,421 |
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
- 20 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.40 at Rubik's UK Championship 2023.
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023First competition: Wiltshire Summer 2023. A 18.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
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.
- Dorian Chan — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rufus Cripps — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.