People · United States
Benjamin Graber
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019GRAB01
Benjamin Graber has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.17, set at Empire State Spring 2023, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,948th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since June 2019, he has put 479 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.76 in June 2019 to 9.17, a 51% improvement. Benjamin has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.17 | 11.30 | top 5.3% | 2,948 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.92 | top 10.3% | 4,057 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 11.29 | top 11.2% | 2,922 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 42.08 | 48.00 | top 14.6% | 2,187 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 46.67 | early days — 3 solves | 327 / 2,040 | |
| Clock | 9.42 | 13.29 | top 22.1% | 1,704 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.24 | 28.95 | top 34.8% | 4,597 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 7.27 | 10.62 | top 35.8% | 6,060 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 49.62 | 57.52 | top 75.7% | 5,006 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 3:14.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,230 / 7,841 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Winter Whirl 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Troy Story 2023.
- 2 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Spring 2022.
- 1 Aug 2021Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Summer B 2021.
Competitions
- Empire State NxN 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Connecticut Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New York New Year 2024 · 31 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Return to Quabbin 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter Whirl 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Troy Story 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter B 2022 · 16 Jan 2022
- Empire State Summer B 2021 · 1 Aug 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Colonie Spring 2019 · 8 Jun 2019
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Faiz Wareh — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 45 times · head to head
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.