People · United States
Ben Marks
3×3 · top 7.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024MARK14
Ben Marks has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.01, set at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,197th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2024, he has put 132 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.60 in July 2024 to 10.01, a 31% improvement. Ben has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.01 | 10.85 | top 7.5% | 4,197 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.88 | 6.37 | top 25.0% | 9,952 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 54.90 | 1:02.92 | top 30.7% | 4,904 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 39.43 | 1:05.62 | top 64.7% | 4,305 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 41.18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,645 / 9,172 |
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
- 23 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025.
- 17 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024.
- 13 Jul 2024First competition: Get Ready Grove City 2024. A 14.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Pop Preble 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Get Ready Grove City 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
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.
- Emery McFeeter — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Harsha Paladugu — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Braden Richards — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.