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Benjamin Franklin

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022FRAN27

Benjamin Franklin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.36, set at Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 633rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since September 2022, he has put 918 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.00 in September 2022 to 9.01, a 74% improvement. Benjamin has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.36
signature single · Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026
918
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.363.06
top 1.6%633 / 40,951
Clock4.025.39
top 2.4%201 / 8,927
Skewb2.886.02
top 4.4%679 / 18,907
3×39.0111.48
top 4.9%2,735 / 59,724
4×435.5650.60
top 7.2%1,105 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.005.58
top 7.6%1,955 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed14.9522.74
top 8.0%1,077 / 15,683
Square-117.8223.12
top 23.0%1,518 / 6,743
5×51:32.511:37.54
top 29.4%2,314 / 9,401
Megaminx1:59.512:14.73
top 45.4%3,338 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,424 / 2,040
6×64:17.274:26.24
early days — 3 solves2,791 / 4,196
7×77:30.70—
early days — 1 solve2,685 / 3,184

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

Get to the Point 2022: 34.002x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 22.92Door County Cube Challenge 2023: 18.84Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 17.72Side Events Minnesota 2023: 15.06Middleton Meetup Thursday 2023: 13.88Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024: 16.53Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024: 14.67Delta County Cubing 2024: 12.04Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024: 14.00Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 13.45Door County Cube Challenge 2024: 13.92Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 12.434x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024: 10.62Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025: 11.27Madison Manor Monday 2025: 9.76Door County Cube Challenge 2025: 9.20Madison Manor Warmup 2025: 10.87Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.23Clock on the Madison Rocks 2025: 9.97Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025: 9.26Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025: 9.77Wisconsin on Ice 2026: 10.17Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026: 10.47CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 9.12Persevere in De Pere 2026: 9.019.0134.0010 Sep 202211 Jul 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.