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Ben Tibbetts

2×2 · top 0.38% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017TIBB01

Ben Tibbetts has been competing for 9 years. Their best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.90, set at Boulder Holiday Bash 2025, puts them in the top 0.38% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 159th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since October 2017, they have put 2,061 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Their 3×3 best has come down from 16.29 in October 2017 to 7.36, a 55% improvement. Ben has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.38% of 186,767 all-time
0.90
signature single · Boulder Holiday Bash 2025
2,061
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.903.02
top 0.38%159 / 40,951
Clock2.713.77
top 0.43%44 / 8,927
Square-16.9312.41
top 1.7%131 / 6,743
3×37.369.70
top 1.8%1,077 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.044.57
top 3.8%1,000 / 28,708
Skewb2.874.00
top 4.4%671 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed13.9618.26
top 6.0%841 / 15,683
4×434.5339.81
top 6.3%969 / 19,072
Megaminx53.4158.90
top 6.7%470 / 7,841
5×51:07.391:14.80
top 9.9%777 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves35.00
top 9.9%229 / 2,040
6×62:07.032:21.26
top 14.1%513 / 4,196
7×73:29.103:37.09
top 19.5%552 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:40.31—
top 26.7%556 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 21:38—
early days — 1 solve410 / 731

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

Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017: 16.29Colorado Qualifier 2018: 10.73Colorado Qualifier 2019: 11.88Pikes Peak 2019: 11.62Veterans Day Open 2019: 9.02Olde Town Parker 2020: 9.73Scramble in the Springs 2022: 9.61Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022: 7.66Pueblo Puzzling 2022: 8.24Don't Fall Off Devils Tower 2023: 8.45Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 8.05CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 8.89Sioux Falls Summer 2023: 8.11Sioux Falls Saturday 2023: 8.78Sioux City Sunday 2023: 10.24CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.03Battle at Fort Hays Kansas 2023: 7.95Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 8.81SPAMtown II 2023: 8.15Side Events Minnesota 2023: 9.10USAFA Flyby Cubing 2023: 9.28Happy Holidays Colorado 2023: 9.14Black Hills Cube Rush 2024: 7.36Sheridan Stampede 2024: 8.75Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 8.01Don't Blow Away Casper 2024: 8.65Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.20Colorado Springs Showdown 2024: 8.45Boulder Holiday Bash 2025: 8.21Winter Warmup CO 2025: 8.89South Dakota Playhouse 2025: 7.93Colorado Springs Spring 2025: 9.24Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.64Don't Blow Away Casper 2025: 8.04Pikes Peak AM 2026: 8.887.3616.297 Oct 201725 Jul 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 their.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as they improves.