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Ben Timmons

Clock · top 0.73% of 32,048 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017TIMM01

Ben Timmons has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.99, set at Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026, puts him in the top 0.73% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Ireland. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 92 competitions since December 2017, he has put 6,321 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.49 in December 2017 to 7.14, a 73% improvement. Ben has entered 92 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.73% of 32,048 all-time
2.99
signature single · Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026
6,321
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
Clock2.994.12
top 0.73%2 / 331
2×21.202.15
top 1.0%23 / 1,163
4×426.6432.91
top 1.2%6 / 579
Skewb1.953.37
top 1.3%10 / 624
3×37.149.19
top 1.5%28 / 1,427
3×3 one-handed10.7115.52
top 1.6%10 / 448
Pyraminx2.614.11
top 2.5%35 / 911
Square-17.7010.82
top 2.6%8 / 194
3×3 blindfolded27.0943.57
top 3.4%4 / 59
5×556.521:03.06
top 3.9%13 / 296
Megaminx50.2256.19
top 5.2%23 / 283
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves30.33
top 6.2%5 / 88
7×72:43.312:55.44
top 6.2%6 / 108
6×61:49.751:56.24
top 7.1%11 / 142
4×4 blindfolded3:54.505:28.72
top 14.1%3 / 16
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 15 cubes · 56:39—
top 15.0%7 / 24
5×5 blindfolded11:34.0015:51.00
top 26.9%4 / 7

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

Dublin Open 2017: 26.49Cork Open 2019: 24.18Irish Championship 2019: 23.62Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019: 22.32Every Event Éire 2019: 20.37Don't DNF Dublin 2020: 22.20Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022: 15.80Dublin Open Saturday 2022: 12.22Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 14.79Irish Championship 2022: 12.55Tuam Open Saturday 2022: 11.98Belfast Winter 2023: 12.35Cork Spring 2023: 11.69Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023: 10.61Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 9.88It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 11.69Irish Championship 2023: 11.78Solving by the Shannon 2023: 10.30Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2023: 9.84Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023: 9.33Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 9.82Mayo Cubing 2023: 9.44Meath Autumn 2023: 9.52Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 10.36Rebel County Cubing 2024: 11.15Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 9.90Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024: 7.50Cork Spring 2024: 9.29Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024: 9.48UCD Cube Days 2024: 7.9750 and Counting Ireland 2024: 9.52Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024: 8.79Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2024: 8.48Belfast Summer 2024: 9.39Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 9.63Midlands Mix-up 2024: 9.36Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 8.84Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Saturday 2024: 8.08Dublin Summer Solving 2024: 9.73Mayo Cubing 2024: 9.19Meath for Speed 2024: 9.19Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 10.27Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024: 9.50Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 8.61Dublin Winter Solving 2025: 8.81Marble City Cubing IE 2025: 9.67Cork Spring 2025: 7.55Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 8.99Let's Go Carlow 2025: 8.69UCD Cube Days 2025: 8.32Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025: 9.65It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025: 8.57Castletown Showdown 2025: 9.40PBs in Phibblestown 2025: 9.09Dublin Summer Solving 2025: 9.83Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.01Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025: 8.26Meath for Speed 2025: 8.29Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 7.87Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 9.00Dublin Autumn Solving 2025: 8.80Mayo Cubing 2025: 9.14Rebel County Colours 2025: 8.33Termonfeckin Fast 2025: 8.89Re-Laois the Cubers 2025: 8.22Belfast Autumn 2025: 7.38Solving by the Barrow 2025: 8.17Leopardstown Cube Races 2025: 9.72Dublin Pick 'N' Mix 2026: 9.63Lets Go Carlow 2026: 8.04Cork Spring 2026: 7.37Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 8.76TUD Unscramble Day 2026: 7.14Solving Ferry Fast Rosslare 2026: 8.86Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2026: 8.20UCD Cube Days 2026: 7.62Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 8.48Roscommon Cubing 2026: 8.30Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026: 8.42Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026: 9.00Re-Laois the Cubers 2026: 8.98Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.09Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 9.05Éire 100 2026: 9.287.1426.492 Dec 201722 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 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.