People · United States
Benjamin D. Millikan
3×3 · top 6.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017MILL21
Benjamin D. Millikan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.79, set at Indiana Finally Returns 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,838th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2017, he has put 298 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.82 in September 2017 to 9.79, a 55% 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 | 9.79 | 12.54 | top 6.9% | 3,838 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 4.68 | top 14.3% | 5,693 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.04 | 9.22 | top 20.3% | 5,546 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.20 | 1:38.69 | top 22.7% | 1,781 / 9,537 | |
| 7×7 | 3:38.94 | 3:54.01 | top 23.1% | 662 / 3,236 | |
| 4×4 | 51.54 | 56.49 | top 26.7% | 4,162 / 19,354 | |
| 6×6 | 2:45.84 | 2:57.44 | top 33.9% | 1,234 / 4,262 | |
| Skewb | 7.43 | 8.84 | top 37.1% | 6,420 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.30 | 36.07 | top 37.7% | 5,083 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.36 | — | top 40.7% | 3,021 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 30.19 | 32.08 | top 49.8% | 3,303 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 18.38 | 22.51 | top 60.0% | 5,183 / 9,172 |
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
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Indiana Finally Returns 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Indiana Finally Returns 2023.
- 14 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Battle for Toledo 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Indianapolis Cubes 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Derby City Open 2019.
Competitions
- Minxville Indiana 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana Finally Returns 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Indianapolis Cubes 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Derby City Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Indianapolis Fall 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Holy Toledo Summer 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- St. Boois 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Music City Fall 2017 · 15 Sep 2017
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Samuel Weber — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Miles Lentz — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.