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Ben Zoller

2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013ZOLL01

Ben Zoller has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Michigan 2014, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,056th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 65 competitions since July 2013, he has put 2,071 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.17 in July 2013 to 9.28, a 35% improvement. Ben has entered 65 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.06
signature single · Michigan 2014
2,071
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.064.27
top 5.2%2,056 / 40,951
3×39.2811.80
top 5.5%3,089 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31.33
top 6.2%149 / 2,040
Pyraminx3.967.67
top 7.5%1,903 / 28,708
Skewb3.688.62
top 8.8%1,355 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed17.6928.19
top 14.3%1,858 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded1:06.871:28.90
top 15.2%292 / 2,092
4×444.3650.38
top 17.5%2,653 / 19,072
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 11 cubes · 54:58—
top 20.4%141 / 731
Clock9.1611.03
top 20.8%1,602 / 8,927
5×51:32.401:44.35
top 29.3%2,304 / 9,401
Square-122.5234.54
top 33.6%2,186 / 6,743
Megaminx1:39.851:51.89
top 34.5%2,449 / 7,841
6×62:58.793:09.81
top 40.5%1,477 / 4,196
7×74:58.885:10.80
top 50.3%1,467 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded13:20.00—
early days — 2 solves297 / 440

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

Tree Town 2013: 14.17Leaf Town 2013: 13.33Fantastic Michigan Competition 2014: 14.85Michigan May Madness 2014: 12.40Michigan 2014: 13.15Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014: 13.02Michigan Mystery 2014: 13.64Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2015: 13.41Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2015: 12.81Toronto Open Spring 2015: 12.19Indiana 2015: 10.57Michigan 2015: 11.29US Nationals 2015: 12.54MCC Gamma 2015: 10.19Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015: 10.85Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 11.20Queen City 2016: 12.50Dixon Winter 2016: 12.06Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 10.74Summit City Open 2016: 9.83Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2016: 12.19Indiana 2016: 11.39US Nationals 2016: 10.81Michigan 2016: 12.19Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016: 11.22Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 10.79Mishawaka Winter 2017: 11.78Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 12.64CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 11.38Michigan 2017: 11.97Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017: 11.71Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 10.30Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 11.56CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 10.75Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2018: 9.57CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.85Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018: 11.56Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019: 11.253rd Coast Cubing 2019: 12.36CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 12.54Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 10.95Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 9.28Michigan Speedcubing Spring 2023: 10.80Michigan Mini 4 2023: 11.11Michigan Mini 5 2023: 10.06Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 11.23CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.59Michigan Mini 8 2023: 12.11Michigan Mini 10 2023: 11.97Michigan Mini 11 2023: 11.04Michigan Mini 12 2023: 11.65Washtenaw Winter 2024: 10.75Michigan Mini 15 2024: 10.76Washtenaw Spring 2024: 10.429.2814.8513 Jul 201314 Apr 2024

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.