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Benjamin Helton

Pyraminx · top 9.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023HELT01

Benjamin Helton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.40, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2026, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,564th in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since January 2023, he has put 415 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 9 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.81 in April 2023 to 3.55, a 60% improvement. Benjamin has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 9.7% of 130,891 all-time
4.40
signature single · CubingUSA New England Championship 2026
415
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.408.13
top 9.7%2,564 / 29,168
2×23.557.90
top 20.9%8,303 / 41,674
Skewb8.5615.45
top 45.5%8,144 / 19,164
3×322.9428.80
top 47.9%28,182 / 60,666
4×41:20.77—
top 56.6%9,874 / 19,354
5×52:37.81—
top 69.5%6,197 / 9,537
Clock28.3536.57
top 82.3%7,491 / 9,172
3×3 one-handed1:04.401:19.73
top 86.4%13,241 / 15,900
Megaminx3:43.28—
top 86.9%7,124 / 8,026

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

Cape Cod 2023: 8.81Middleboro Cubikon 2023: 11.08Quick in Quincy 2023: 10.90CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 8.82Fall River Cubikon 2024: 9.64WPI Winter 2024: 8.63Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024: 15.61Saint John's Showdown 2024: 7.87Mystic Cubikon 2024: 12.27CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 8.97Ocean State Cubikon 2024: 5.32Quick in Quincy 2024: 8.32Fall River Cubikon 2025: 6.43WPI Spring 2025: 8.40Saint John's Warm Up 2025: 8.85Mystic Cubikon 2025: 4.75Fitchburg Fall 2025: 7.23Cubing on Lake Cochituate 2025: 7.41Brown Cubing Day 2026: 8.23Fitchburg Spring 2026: 6.25WPI Spring 2026: 5.10Saint John's Summer 2026: 3.55Mystic Cubikon 2026: 6.33Woonsocket Cubikon 2026: 6.68CubingUSA New England Championship 2026: 7.163.5515.6122 Apr 202316 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.