People · United States
Ben Smallwood
Pyraminx · top 7.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025SMAL02
Ben Smallwood has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.93, set at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,873rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2025, he has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Ben has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.93 | 12.30 | top 7.3% | 1,873 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 18.38 | 22.48 | top 35.3% | 19,725 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.98 | 14.81 | top 41.1% | 7,143 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 5.23 | 6.79 | top 42.2% | 16,941 / 40,951 |
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 Oct 2025First competition: NCSU Wolfpack 2025. A 21.58 3×3 single to start from.
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.38 at NCSU Wolfpack 2025.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Apex Algs Again 2026 · 23 May 2026
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026 · 11 Jan 2026
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 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.
- Elijah T. Crouse — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Oliver McIntire — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rue Clippinger — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.