People · New Zealand
Benjamin Blaikie
2×2 · top 0.24% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021BLAI01
Benjamin Blaikie has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.81, set at Queenspark O'Clock 2025, puts him in the top 0.24% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in New Zealand. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2021, he has put 828 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.46 in April 2021 to 8.75, a 50% improvement. Benjamin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.81 | 2.64 | top 0.24% | 16 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.68 | 3.66 | top 2.7% | 62 / 1,141 | |
| Skewb | 2.79 | 5.12 | top 4.0% | 41 / 666 | |
| 3×3 | 8.75 | 10.11 | top 4.3% | 113 / 2,095 | |
| Clock | 5.97 | 7.00 | top 7.2% | 37 / 303 | |
| Square-1 | 12.07 | 15.01 | top 10.1% | 34 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.12 | 21.12 | top 10.5% | 70 / 600 | |
| 4×4 | 40.58 | 48.32 | top 12.8% | 103 / 722 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.86 | 1:20.49 | top 17.3% | 71 / 283 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.62 | 2:00.66 | top 44.4% | 155 / 355 |
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
- 29 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Queenspark O'Clock 2025.
- 13 Dec 2024Six personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2024.
- 18 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024.
- 17 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Lyttelton Newcomer Rumble 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Lyttelton Summer 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Lyttelton Spring 2023.
Competitions
- Queenspark O'Clock 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2024 · 13 Dec 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Newcomer Rumble 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Summer 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Spring 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ South Island Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 10 personal bests set
- Cashmere Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Opawa Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Autumn 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Spring 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 11 personal bests set
- NZ South Island Championship 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 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.
- Daniel Fraser — met in 166 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
- Dwyane Ramos — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zee Capangpangan — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.