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Ben Colwell

Skewb · top 1.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021COLW01

Ben Colwell has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.03, set at Empire State Fall Favorites 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 215th in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since August 2021, he has put 990 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.42 in August 2021 to 10.77, a 38% improvement. Ben has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.5% of 73,281 all-time
2.03
signature single · Empire State Fall Favorites 2023
990
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.034.13
top 1.5%215 / 18,907
2×22.273.65
top 6.8%2,687 / 40,951
3×310.7712.88
top 9.8%5,310 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.127.34
top 13.9%3,642 / 28,708
4×448.4555.89
top 22.7%3,441 / 19,072
Clock9.9412.39
top 24.8%1,907 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed24.3934.69
top 32.6%4,254 / 15,683
5×52:21.552:34.39
top 61.8%5,324 / 9,401
Megaminx2:33.24—
early days — 3 solves4,764 / 7,841
6×64:16.66—
top 70.7%2,779 / 4,196
7×76:42.36—
early days — 3 solves2,396 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves59.33
early days — 3 solves1,771 / 2,040
Square-11:08.311:16.23
top 88.3%5,948 / 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

Empire State Summer B 2021: 17.42Babylon Fall 2021: 13.93Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 11.44Deerfield Winter 2022: 13.98Empire State Spring 2022: 13.54Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022: 10.77CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 12.26Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 11.29New York Championship 2022: 13.28East Brunswick Open 2022: 13.34Empire State Fall 2022: 12.62New York Yopen 2022: 13.03Troy Story 2023: 13.18Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023: 11.49Empire State Winter Whirl 2023: 12.87Northampton Winter B 2023: 11.57Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023: 12.17Empire State Spring 2023: 13.13North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023: 13.59Winchester Weeknights III 2023: 14.13Mystic Cubikon 2023: 12.95Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 13.13GCU Winter 2024: 14.03Empire State Spring Sprint 2024: 13.52Saratoga Springs Summer 2024: 14.43Binghamton Cube Day 2025: 13.32American Dream NJ 2025: 14.82Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 14.70Catskills Summer 2026: 13.3810.7717.421 Aug 202129 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.