People · Germany
Ben Krug
2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KRUG02
Ben Krug has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at Berlin Summer Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 291st in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2023, he has put 391 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.82 in April 2023 to 11.49, a 39% improvement. Ben has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 4.07 | top 7.1% | 291 / 2,875 | |
| 3×3 | 11.49 | 15.95 | top 12.1% | 602 / 4,109 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.00 | 8.56 | top 13.2% | 338 / 1,987 | |
| Clock | 13.40 | 15.63 | top 41.3% | 274 / 634 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.18 | 1:35.17 | top 50.8% | 966 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.03 | 42.60 | top 55.5% | 726 / 1,314 | |
| Skewb | 14.22 | 17.82 | top 75.6% | 950 / 1,169 | |
| 5×5 | 3:37.53 | — | top 88.0% | 1,010 / 1,158 |
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
- 14 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Berlin Summer Open 2025.
- 23 May 2025Six personal bests in one day at Kölner Kubing 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at German Newcomer Day 2025.
- 4 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2024.
- 13 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at c't Open Hannover 2024.
Competitions
- Berlin Summer Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Kölner Kubing 2025 · 23 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Hessen Mini Open 2025 · 2 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Back to Berlin 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- German Newcomer Day 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beginner Cubing Delmenhorst 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Central Germany 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Madness Schweinfurt 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023
- German Open 2023 · 29 Apr 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.
- Imanuel Müller — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead once
- Noah Kraft — met in 65 rounds, never finished ahead
- Henri Gerber — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.