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Ben Rockman

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014ROCK01

Ben Rockman has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.92, set at Canadian Open 2015, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since April 2014, he has put 655 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.22 in April 2014 to 11.70, a 42% improvement. Ben has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.92
signature single · Canadian Open 2015
655
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.924.71
top 4.2%268 / 7,173
3×311.7014.02
top 12.8%1,222 / 10,392
Skewb4.827.09
top 16.8%372 / 2,907
4×41:02.851:12.50
top 39.5%1,065 / 3,118
Pyraminx8.5912.09
top 41.3%1,907 / 4,858
3×3 one-handed33.8137.20
top 55.0%1,300 / 2,620
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 26:12—
early days — 2 solves66 / 112
3×3 blindfolded3:14.82—
top 56.6%200 / 351
5×52:16.172:47.44
top 58.9%777 / 1,499
Clock24.1942.63
top 75.1%752 / 1,029
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves54.00
top 79.2%237 / 283
6×65:41.586:10.71
early days — 3 solves539 / 665
Megaminx4:06.90—
early days — 2 solves1,208 / 1,375

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

Toronto Open Spring 2014: 20.22Toronto Open Summer 2014: 15.20Toronto Open Fall 2014: 12.97Toronto Open Spring 2015: 12.74Canadian Open 2015: 14.37Toronto Open Fall 2015: 13.99Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 14.69Newmarket Open 2016: 14.48Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 13.13Newmarket Open 2017: 16.02Battle of Waterloo 2017: 13.22Pickering 2017: 12.34Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 12.69Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 13.60Niagara Select 2018: 12.48Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 12.94Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 14.30Ajax Winter 2019: 16.62Return to Toronto 2019: 13.078 Wing Limited 2019: 14.68Upstate Cubing 2019: 12.69Newmarket Open 2019: 13.02Canadian Championship 2019: 13.38Waterloo Winter 2025: 12.88Mississauga Newcomers B 2025: 13.08Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025: 12.85Calgary Summer A 2025: 11.7011.7020.2226 Apr 201419 Jul 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.