People · United States
Benjamin Chan
2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024CHAN68
Benjamin Chan has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,561st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2024, he has put 198 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.86 in September 2024 to 12.55, a 33% improvement. Benjamin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 2.23 | 4.39 | top 6.5% | 2,561 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.55 | 15.10 | top 15.8% | 8,483 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.46 | 11.33 | top 23.5% | 6,372 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.70 | 10.49 | top 39.0% | 6,703 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.93 | 1:13.99 | top 44.8% | 7,442 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.63 | 42.02 | top 61.8% | 8,719 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 19.74 | 23.08 | top 63.9% | 5,434 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 3:04.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,934 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:54.09 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,819 / 9,401 |
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
- 12 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025.
- 12 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024.
- 8 Sep 2024First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024. A 18.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024
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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Micah Yeo — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.