People · United States
Benjamin Forman
2×2 · top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025FORM01
Benjamin Forman has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.56, set at Cool Down Berkeley 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 953rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2025, he has put 291 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.81 in February 2025 to 8.37, a 23% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.56 | 2.89 | top 2.4% | 953 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.37 | 9.98 | top 3.5% | 1,969 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 7.94 | 10.67 | top 15.0% | 1,143 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 4.70 | 9.21 | top 15.9% | 2,504 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.39 | 21.92 | top 16.1% | 2,078 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 44.63 | 47.64 | top 17.8% | 2,712 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.95 | 1:38.01 | top 24.1% | 1,867 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.71 | 12.15 | top 42.3% | 12,149 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 2:37.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,946 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 42.72 | 1:00.78 | top 68.6% | 4,514 / 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
- 22 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Dublin California Open 2025.
- 28 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XXI 2025.
- 29 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.62 at Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First competition: Berkeley Winter 2025. A 10.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zerui Cheng (程泽睿) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Isaac Modrow — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.