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Benjamin Lewis

3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019LEWI02

Benjamin Lewis has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.30, set at 3x3 in Madison 2026, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,597th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2019, he has put 99 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.12 in February 2019 to 10.30, a 32% improvement. Benjamin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.30
signature single · 3x3 in Madison 2026
99
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.3011.72
top 8.4%4,597 / 59,724
2×24.125.21
top 28.0%11,075 / 40,951
4×41:01.431:15.05
top 38.0%6,146 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed28.0930.51
top 42.2%5,663 / 15,683
Pyraminx10.1013.23
top 53.8%15,698 / 28,708
6×65:07.52
early days — 1 solve3,349 / 4,196
Skewb20.6130.75
top 90.5%17,446 / 18,907

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

Albany Winter 2019: 15.12Lake Country Fall 2019: 12.52Albany Fall 2019: 13.69Wiscube 2019: 12.813x3 in Madison 2026: 10.3010.3015.1216 Feb 20198 May 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.