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Ben Braithwaite

2×2 · top 20.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025BRAI01

Ben Braithwaite has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.48, set at Spark Melbourne February 2025, puts him in the top 20.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,513th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since January 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Ben has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 20.0% of 186,767 all-time
3.48
signature single · Spark Melbourne February 2025
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.485.61
top 20.0%1,513 / 8,567
Pyraminx7.009.89
top 27.9%1,445 / 5,993
3×325.1528.66
top 52.9%5,564 / 11,709

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

Melbourne Summer 2025: 3.53Spark Melbourne February 2025: 3.483.483.5324 Jan 202522 Feb 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.