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Ben Campbell

3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017CAMP23

Ben Campbell has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.85, set at Ohio State Summer Mini 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,876th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2017, he has put 210 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.07 in December 2017 to 9.85, a 64% improvement. Ben has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.85
signature single · Ohio State Summer Mini 2026
210
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.8512.44
top 7.0%3,876 / 59,724
2×24.167.07
top 28.5%11,306 / 40,951
4×459.981:03.50
top 36.4%5,878 / 19,072
5×51:48.261:59.66
top 41.4%3,354 / 9,401
Pyraminx8.6111.62
top 41.5%11,889 / 28,708
7×74:32.814:41.46
top 42.0%1,198 / 3,184
Skewb10.3616.60
top 57.2%10,417 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed35.2649.74
top 57.7%8,049 / 15,683
6×63:45.503:53.33
top 60.6%2,331 / 4,196
Megaminx2:59.05
top 74.0%5,782 / 7,841
Square-150.86
early days — 1 solve5,092 / 6,743

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

Wildcat Holiday 2017: 27.07Howland Winter 2018: 18.01Upstate Cubing 2018: 15.89Pennsylvania 2018: 15.05Pittsburgh Open 2018: 14.18Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 14.86Michigan 2019: 13.07Ohio State Summer Mini 2026: 9.859.8527.079 Dec 201726 Jul 2026

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.

  • Zachary Garber — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Roxy Behrle — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Evan Liu — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.