People · United States
Ben Conrad
2×2 · top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CONR02
Ben Conrad has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.92, set at New York Championship 2022, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,240th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since May 2022, he has put 151 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.74 in May 2022 to 20.07, a 33% improvement. Ben has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 6.05 | top 13.3% | 5,240 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.33 | 11.21 | top 22.5% | 6,058 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.71 | 10.64 | top 31.3% | 5,198 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 20.07 | 24.13 | top 40.1% | 22,787 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 22.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,285 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 1:35.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,536 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2022.
- 27 May 2022First competition: CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022. A 29.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Connecticut Championship 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Mystic Cubikon 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Upper Valley Cube Day 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Connecticut Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Cape Cod 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Fall River Cubikon 2023 · 5 Feb 2023
- Mum's the Word 2023 · 8 Jan 2023
- Cubers Flood Watertown 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Granite State 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022
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.
- Ryan Durette — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.