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Benjamin Espenschied

3×3 · top 58.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ESPE04

Benjamin Espenschied has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.95, set at Utah Championship 2025, puts him in the top 58.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34,826th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 33 official solves on the record across five events. Benjamin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 58.8% of 284,439 all-time
27.95
signature single · Utah Championship 2025
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.9533.69
top 58.8%34,826 / 59,724
Skewb14.5621.56
top 76.8%14,617 / 18,907
2×211.5214.08
top 83.0%34,492 / 40,951
7×77:32.458:00.30
early days — 3 solves2,696 / 3,184
Pyraminx18.6723.70
top 91.0%26,691 / 28,708

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

Utah State University Fall 2025: 30.66Utah Championship 2025: 27.9527.9530.6618 Oct 202529 Nov 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.95 away.
  • A sub-12 Skewb single — 48,404 people have one; it is 2.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.