People · United States
Benjamin Espinoza
2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ESPI07
Benjamin Espinoza has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Gem State Sprint 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,565th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2017, he has put 392 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.73 in March 2017 to 10.06, a 58% improvement. Benjamin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 1.87 | 3.94 | top 4.0% | 1,565 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 11.69 | top 7.6% | 4,193 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.55 | 5.68 | top 8.0% | 1,239 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 42.30 | 51.85 | top 14.9% | 2,230 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.95 | 1:34.88 | top 21.8% | 1,501 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.53 | 8.07 | top 24.1% | 6,551 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 9.99 | 13.71 | top 25.0% | 1,921 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.14 | 29.77 | top 31.9% | 4,145 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.88 | 1:49.53 | top 33.7% | 2,682 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 33.78 | 48.62 | top 56.4% | 3,729 / 6,743 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Utah Championship 2025.
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023.
- 20 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022.
- 26 Nov 2021Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2021.
- 2 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.87 at Boise 2019.
- 1 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.71 at Atomic Fools 2017.
Competitions
- Gem State Sprint 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back in Boise 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Spooky Solving Idaho 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2021 · 26 Nov 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Boise 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Atomic Fools 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Megacomp II 2017 · 11 Mar 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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Cade Beck — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.