People · Brazil
Benjamin Araujo
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024ARAU11
Benjamin Araujo has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at River Hill Spring 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Brazil. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2024, he has put 169 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.00 in September 2024 to 7.82, a 29% improvement. Benjamin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.34 | 3.15 | top 1.5% | 37 / 5,137 | |
| Megaminx | 42.44 | 46.00 | top 2.3% | 12 / 1,062 | |
| 3×3 | 7.82 | 9.66 | top 2.5% | 108 / 9,644 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.50 | 17.57 | top 9.1% | 130 / 1,992 | |
| 4×4 | 50.24 | 1:00.40 | top 25.0% | 326 / 1,855 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:46.63 | 2:21.87 | top 28.8% | 72 / 333 | |
| Skewb | 6.59 | 8.69 | top 30.4% | 387 / 1,463 | |
| Square-1 | 22.93 | 29.75 | top 34.5% | 191 / 647 | |
| 5×5 | 2:20.53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 423 / 845 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Open 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at River Hill Spring 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First competition: Gaithersburg Back to School 2024. A 11.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- RVA Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Williamsburg Open Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ledger Ramirez — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Griffin Kim — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 2.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.