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Benjamin Aalto

2×2 · top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024AALT01

Benjamin Aalto has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 230th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2024, he has put 395 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 7.03 in November 2024 to 3.23, a 54% improvement. Benjamin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.12
signature single · Rubik's German Nationals 2025
395
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×22.123.62
top 5.6%230 / 2,875
3×39.5011.80
top 6.1%313 / 4,109
Skewb3.235.12
top 6.2%78 / 1,169
Pyraminx3.958.31
top 7.4%173 / 1,987
3×3 blindfolded59.241:06.75
top 12.8%45 / 343
Square-114.2720.74
top 14.7%68 / 533
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 12 cubes · 50:04—
top 16.1%29 / 142
4×444.5251.77
top 17.7%332 / 1,934
Clock10.7012.37
top 28.6%197 / 634
3×3 one-handed23.1925.15
top 29.3%389 / 1,314
5×51:37.761:43.26
top 33.7%346 / 1,158
4×4 blindfolded7:10.869:34.15
top 38.0%29 / 85
Megaminx2:29.13—
early days — 2 solves444 / 787
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves—
early days — 2 solves219 / 338
6×67:38.16—
early days — 1 solve563 / 586

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

Bremium Cubing 2024: 7.03German Newcomer Day 2025: 6.57Geselliges Gewürfel Göttingen 2025: 5.37Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 3.77Quick Q.bing Q.lisse 2026: 5.40Sleep & Solve Landsbro 2026: 3.23Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 3.323.237.032 Nov 202428 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 0.12 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.