People · United States
Benjamin Gratner
3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024GRAT01
Benjamin Gratner has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.92, set at Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,174th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2024, he has put 107 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.96 in December 2024 to 12.92, a 54% improvement. Benjamin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 12.92 | 17.90 | top 17.1% | 9,174 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.20 | 4.99 | top 29.1% | 11,527 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.21 | 10.00 | top 46.7% | 13,430 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.75 | 36.54 | top 50.6% | 6,975 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.18 | 1:39.14 | top 60.0% | 10,411 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 12.86 | 20.77 | top 70.1% | 13,166 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 26.70 | 34.71 | top 79.7% | 7,043 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 4:13.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,854 / 9,401 |
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
- 17 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.92 at Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.66 at New-Cumberland County 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at New-Cumberland County 2025.
- 1 Dec 2024First competition: Happy Valley Fall PA 2024. A 27.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy Valley Fall PA 2024 · 1 Dec 2024
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.
- Colton Gehrling — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xavier Ye — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Braden Richards — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.