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Benjamin Brown
3×3 · top 0.42% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018BROW22
Benjamin Brown has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.89, set at Berkeley Fall 2025, puts him in the top 0.42% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 283rd in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since October 2018, he has put 784 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.95 in October 2018 to 5.89, an 82% improvement. Benjamin has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.89 | 7.37 | top 0.42% | 283 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.46 | top 7.1% | 2,838 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 35.64 | 41.09 | top 7.3% | 1,120 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.92 | 30.75 | top 23.0% | 2,955 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.19 | 8.47 | top 29.4% | 8,145 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:35.34 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,984 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:14.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,232 / 7,841 |
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
- 3 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.35 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022.
- 1 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.99 at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 21 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.51 at Berkeley Spring 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019First sub-30 3×3: 24.32 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019.
- 21 Oct 2018First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018. A 32.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023 · 3 Sep 2023
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XIII 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022 · 4 Dec 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- SacCubing XII 2022 · 20 Aug 2022
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022 · 24 Apr 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2019 · 10 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019 · 10 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018 · 21 Oct 2018
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.
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead once
- Paul Mahvi — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Nolan Yiu — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.