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Ben Royce

Skewb · top 2.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015ROYC01

Ben Royce has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Campeonato de Andalucía 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 414th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 85 competitions since January 2015, he has put 2,888 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.69 in January 2015 to 8.27, a 67% improvement. Ben has entered 85 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.48
signature single · Campeonato de Andalucía 2026
2,888
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.485.23
top 2.8%414 / 18,907
3×38.2712.09
top 3.3%1,859 / 59,724
2×21.914.03
top 4.2%1,655 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.289.83
top 9.1%2,358 / 28,708
Square-111.8717.15
top 9.6%676 / 6,743
4×442.1152.10
top 14.6%2,195 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded1:06.711:49.74
top 15.2%291 / 2,092
Clock9.2411.40
top 21.2%1,638 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed24.9333.39
top 34.0%4,487 / 15,683
Megaminx1:39.501:48.14
top 34.3%2,436 / 7,841
5×51:41.901:49.88
top 36.8%2,931 / 9,401
6×64:02.09—
top 66.0%2,563 / 4,196
7×76:36.49—
top 75.8%2,358 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves52.67
early days — 3 solves1,618 / 2,040

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

Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 24.69Vancouver Open Spring 2015: 21.00UW Spring 2015: 14.01Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015: 17.27Keep Portland Weird 2015: 17.86Northwest Championships 2017: 17.34Spokane Valley Summer 2017: 16.45Puget Sound Fall 2017: 15.44Puget Sound Summer 2019: 16.35Puget Sound Fall 2019: 15.22Yakima Side Events 2019: 14.62SnoCo Fall 2019: 15.74Washington Championship 2020: 12.47Central Washington Winter 2020: 11.32Odd Seattle Summer 2022: 10.83Campeonato de España 2022: 11.33Central Washington Odds 2023: 11.46Washington Championship 2023: 11.36Lakewood Spring 2023: 11.49Kent Spring 2023: 11.76Bothell Summer 2023: 11.71Maltby Mega Special 2023: 11.23SnoCo Has Too Much 3x3 2023: 10.92Oregon Championship 2023: 10.46Kent Summer 2023: 10.63Lucky Lynnwood 2023: 10.16Lakewood Fall 2023: 12.65Odd Olympia 2023: 11.34SnoCo Veterans Day Weekend 2023: 11.12UW or U Don't 2023: 10.81Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024: 11.51Kenmore Mini B 2024: 11.96Lakewood Newcomers 2024: 15.78Olympia Classic 2024: 10.48Kent Spring 2024: 15.18Bellingham Spring 2024: 13.59Husky Pride Seattle 2024: 16.52CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 11.92Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 16.01Panhandle Lake Cube & Camp 2024: 13.76Tacoma Summer 2024: 12.57Kent Summer 2024: 14.49Ciu La Mancha Open 2024: 13.49Puerto Real Camaleón Open 2024: 13.59Sum of Ranks Granada 2024: 11.27Spanish Championship 2024: 13.34URJC Open 2025: 12.12Gasteiz Open 2025: 11.92Margarita Burón Open 2025: 10.90Getafe Open 2025: 11.90Estella-Lizarra Open 2025: 12.54Móstoles Open 2025: 10.25X-Madrid Open 2025: 10.25Swedish Championship 2025: 11.97UC3M Leganés Open 2025: 10.26Oslo Open 2025: 10.91Warm Up Seattle 2025: 10.88Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.82Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025: 11.10Ruta Cubera: Tenerife Open 2025: 11.46Sueca Open 2025: 11.26Calvià Open 2025: 15.60Basauri Open 2025: 12.86Portugal Championship 2025: 13.76Spanish Championship 2025: 13.41Wiltshire Winter 2025: 16.65Chääswürfel 2025: 15.05Żory Open 2026: 13.61Velilla Open 2026: 12.57Amore Amorebieta Open 2026: 14.65Campeonato de Andalucía 2026: 13.17Parets Open 2026: 14.96URJC Open 2026: 9.68Málaga Open 2026: 15.25Getafe Open 2026: 12.49Gasteiz Open 2026: 14.85Mirasierra Open 2026: 13.92Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 14.37Camino de Santiago Open 2026: 11.39X-Madrid Open 2026: 11.58UC3M Leganés Open 2026: 13.36Seattle Summer 2026: 8.27Northwest Championship 2026: 11.448.2724.6931 Jan 201521 Aug 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.