People · United States
Benjamin Bush
2×2 · top 7.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025BUSH02
Benjamin Bush has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.34, set at Cincinnati Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,983rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2025, he has put 73 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.43 in June 2025 to 10.28, a 10% improvement. Benjamin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 4.06 | top 7.4% | 2,983 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 12.09 | top 8.3% | 4,645 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 11.28 | 12.04 | top 31.4% | 2,516 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.72 | 13.94 | top 50.8% | 15,000 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.14 | 39.91 | top 59.4% | 8,434 / 15,900 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025First competition: Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025. A 11.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hancock County Summer 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 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.
- Braden Richards — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emery McFeeter — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Carson Clark (张卡森) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.