People · Australia
Ben Long
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022HAMP02
Ben Long has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at VIC State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2022, he has put 136 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.91 in June 2022 to 11.31, a 29% improvement. Ben has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 4.38 | top 2.5% | 203 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 11.31 | 13.20 | top 11.5% | 1,018 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.12 | 9.69 | top 37.2% | 1,991 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 43.67 | early days — 3 solves | 191 / 468 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.97 | — | top 50.7% | 1,375 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:08.21 | — | early days — 3 solves | 256 / 394 | |
| 5×5 | 2:58.86 | — | top 77.7% | 1,108 / 1,356 |
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
- 19 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at Melbourne Cube Days 2023.
- 4 Jun 2022First competition: Victorian Open 2022. A 17.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Benjamin Kao — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xavier Lianto — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- William Herring — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.