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Ben Pfleging

2×2 · top 21.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026PFLE01

Ben Pfleging has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.61, set at Hessen Open 2026, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 732nd in Germany. Across 4 competitions since January 2026, he has put 70 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.33 in January 2026 to 16.08, a 43% improvement. Ben has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 21.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.61
signature single · Hessen Open 2026
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×23.617.88
top 21.6%732 / 2,875
Pyraminx6.6811.69
top 25.3%628 / 1,987
3×316.0823.15
top 28.0%1,371 / 4,109
4×41:53.76
early days — 1 solve1,508 / 1,934

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

Rhön Open 2026: 28.33Quick Q.bing Q.lisse 2026: 17.59Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026: 16.08Hessen Open 2026: 19.9716.0828.3310 Jan 202616 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.