People · United States
Benjamin Collins
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022COLL02
Benjamin Collins has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.52, set at Dawgs at Denny UW 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,159th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2022, he has put 217 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.00 in March 2022 to 8.52, a 29% improvement. Benjamin has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.52 | 10.29 | top 3.8% | 2,159 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.61 | top 16.2% | 6,421 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.29 | 28.70 | top 18.7% | 2,432 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 54.49 | 1:08.98 | top 30.2% | 4,795 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.56 | 19.11 | top 41.1% | 11,958 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 11.10 | 15.64 | top 61.4% | 11,484 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.37 | 2:33.50 | top 62.3% | 5,454 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:08.06 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,478 / 2,128 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Lakewood Spring 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Lakewood Spring 2026.
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kent Spring 2025.
- 5 Mar 2022First competition: Let's Try Again Spokane 2022. A 12.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tacoma Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- Summer Scramble UW 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Seattle Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dawgs at Denny UW 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Quiet Seattle October 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Vancouver Fall Fest 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Let's Try Again Spokane 2022 · 5 Mar 2022
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.
- Vikram Haldar — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jamar Leonard — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.