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Ben Stokes

2×2 · top 0.11% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018STOK01

Ben Stokes has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.69, set at Sheffield Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.11% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 119 competitions since October 2018, he has put 8,448 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.40 in October 2018 to 5.74, a 50% improvement. Ben has entered 119 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.11% of 186,767 all-time
0.69
signature single · Sheffield Spring 2026
8,448
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×20.691.58
top 0.11%11 / 4,895
3×3 blindfolded15.6120.36
top 0.3%1 / 311
3×35.747.76
top 0.35%36 / 6,689
4×424.5829.27
top 0.6%21 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed9.7212.97
top 0.87%21 / 1,851
Pyraminx1.893.64
top 0.97%43 / 3,656
5×547.0453.77
top 1.0%18 / 1,151
Megaminx39.3045.91
top 1.4%24 / 966
6×61:28.191:40.11
top 1.6%8 / 548
Square-17.4310.19
top 2.3%26 / 778
Skewb2.344.47
top 2.3%57 / 2,421
Clock4.525.38
top 3.4%51 / 1,232
7×72:27.482:39.72
top 3.4%16 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves27.00
top 4.0%25 / 372
3×3 Multi-Blind20 of 21 cubes · 58:16—
top 5.5%12 / 126
4×4 blindfolded2:35.16—
top 5.8%6 / 84
5×5 blindfolded7:49.20—
top 13.2%9 / 50

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

UK Championship 2018: 11.40Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 10.55Fontwell Open 2019: 10.45Manchester Open 2019: 11.64Welsh Open 2019: 11.11Lincoln Open 2019: 10.62High Wycombe Open 2019: 8.40Leeds Open 2019: 11.07August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 9.37UK Championship 2019: 9.43Every Event Éire 2019: 9.36Weston-super-Mare Open 2019: 9.66Guildford Open 2020: 9.02Fontwell Open 2020: 10.29Doncaster Open 2020: 10.20Manchester Open 2020: 7.79Tuam Re-Open Sunday 2021: 7.30Wakefield Open 2022: 9.09West London Open 2022: 6.77Weston-super-Mare Open 2022: 8.11Stevenage Spring 2022: 8.16Wakefield Spring 2022: 8.34Chester Spring 2022: 7.10Stevenage Summer 2022: 7.92Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.06Norwich Summer 2022: 7.90Carlisle Summer 2022: 7.84Lincoln Summer 2022: 7.12Wakefield Autumn 2022: 7.79Stevenage Autumn B 2022: 8.18Chippenham Autumn 2022: 8.06Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 8.55East London Autumn 2022: 8.96Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022: 8.55Essex Winter 2022: 8.28Wiltshire Winter 2023: 7.51Stevenage January 2023: 7.68Glasgow Winter 2023: 7.84Guildford Winter 2023: 8.28Brent Cross Winter 2023: 7.52Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 7.61Wiltshire Spring 2023: 8.09Wakefield Spring 2023: 7.58Essex Spring 2023: 7.35Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023: 8.22Hampshire Spring 2023: 7.65Peterborough Summer 2023: 7.33Wiltshire Summer 2023: 7.39Stevenage June 2023: 7.59Bristol Summer 2023: 7.71Stevenage July 2023: 7.53Lincolnshire Summer 2023: 7.49August Bank Holiday Manchester 2023: 7.36Stevenage September 2023: 7.22Wakefield Autumn 2023: 7.81Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 6.39Guildford Autumn 2023: 6.82Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023: 7.19Stevenage January 2024: 7.89Manchester Winter 2024: 7.59Stevenage February 2024: 7.68Hampshire Winter 2024: 7.79Manchester Spring 2024: 8.19Crewe Spring 2024: 7.27Stevenage May 2024: 7.50Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 7.69Wakefield Summer 2024: 6.59Chichester Summer 2024: 5.80Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.41Kewbz UK Open 2024: 7.33Wiltshire September 2024: 6.36Stevenage October 2024: 7.32Ipswich Autumn 2024: 6.97Hampshire Autumn 2024: 7.50Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.68Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 6.76Norwich Winter 2024: 7.50Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 7.06Chichester January 2025: 7.24Hampshire Winter 2025: 8.09Chichester April 2025: 7.14Peterborough Odd Day 2025: 7.53Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 7.12Bristol June 2025: 7.01Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 6.57Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 7.56Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025: 7.82Stevenage January 2026: 7.08Stevenage March 2026: 7.04Leeds Spring 2026: 7.57Brighton 3x3 Day 2026: 7.94Manchester Cubing League - First 2026: 7.41Sheffield Spring 2026: 6.52Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026: 7.04Manchester Cubing League - Third 2026: 7.92Wakefield Summer 2026: 5.97Hampshire Summer 2026: 5.74Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026: 7.12Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.52Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 8.115.7411.6426 Oct 201828 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-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.