People · United States
Ben Kazee
Clock · top 2.7% of 32,817 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023KAZE01
Ben Kazee has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.21, set at FSUbers 10.0 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 236th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2023, he has put 402 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.13 in January 2023 to 9.40, a 45% improvement. Ben has entered 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.21 | 5.54 | top 2.7% | 236 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 9.40 | 10.87 | top 5.9% | 3,308 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.58 | 6.46 | top 10.7% | 2,846 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 4.41 | top 11.6% | 4,641 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 48.39 | 57.83 | top 22.7% | 3,483 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 18.75 | 29.94 | top 25.2% | 1,681 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 6.12 | 7.65 | top 26.7% | 4,413 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.61 | 29.72 | top 33.3% | 4,413 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.67 | 1:47.77 | top 35.9% | 2,887 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.34 | 1:57.92 | top 40.7% | 3,018 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 3:27.70 | 3:40.23 | top 54.0% | 2,069 / 4,262 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at FSUbers 11.0 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at FSUbers 10.0 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Zephyr Cube Bash 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at FSUbers 8.0 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at St. Augustine 2024.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at St. Augustine 2024.
Competitions
- FSUbers 11.0 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- FSUbers 10.0 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 8.0 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- St. Augustine 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FSUbers 6.0 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights V 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Jacksonville Winter 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tally Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 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.
- Sean Hartman — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Porter — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jackson Lewis — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.