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Benjamin Goodwin

Skewb · top 2.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023GOOD03

Benjamin Goodwin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Tramsheds VIII: Summer Sides 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in Australia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since January 2023, he has put 696 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.13 in January 2023 to 9.83, a 53% improvement. Benjamin has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.48
signature single · Tramsheds VIII: Summer Sides 2026
696
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb2.484.58
top 2.8%99 / 3,534
Pyraminx2.926.51
top 3.4%153 / 5,993
3×39.8311.25
top 7.0%646 / 11,709
2×22.673.68
top 10.6%792 / 8,567
Square-113.6816.30
top 13.4%138 / 899
5×51:12.551:20.25
top 13.5%181 / 1,356
Clock7.958.71
top 15.0%174 / 1,095
4×442.9047.03
top 15.6%390 / 3,051
Megaminx1:17.671:20.42
top 20.3%244 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed23.1827.73
top 29.2%664 / 2,659
6×62:39.162:50.25
top 30.3%183 / 641
7×74:10.344:13.35
top 34.4%160 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves38.33
early days — 3 solves173 / 468
3×3 blindfolded5:33.46—
top 83.7%342 / 394

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

Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 21.13Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 16.06Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 15.91Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024: 11.46Kiama Winter 2024: 12.03Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024: 10.18Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 12.25Sydney Spring Sunday 2024: 10.22Cubing at The Cube 2025: 11.85NSW State Championship 2025: 11.14Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025: 11.08Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025: 10.37Australian Nationals 2025: 10.88Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025: 10.91Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 9.83Cubing at The Cube 2026: 11.30Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 11.03Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 10.25Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026: 10.799.8321.1322 Jan 202330 Aug 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.