People · United States
Benjamin Jiang Zhang
2×2 · top 19.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025ZHAN98
Benjamin Jiang Zhang has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at Belmont Spring 2026, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,678th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since August 2025, he has put 87 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.73 in August 2025 to 17.64, a 54% improvement. Benjamin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.45 | 6.00 | top 19.6% | 7,678 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 17.64 | 19.74 | top 33.0% | 18,306 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.36 | — | top 79.6% | 11,759 / 15,683 |
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
- 2 May 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.23 at Belmont Spring 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 26.73 at Benicia Open 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025First competition: Davis Summer 2025. A 38.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Alameda County Fair 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Benicia Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
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.
- Matthew Ketroser — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Modrow — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sebastian Stone — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.