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Benjamin Lyon
3×3 · top 12.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024LYON03
Benjamin Lyon has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.49, set at Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025, puts him in the top 12.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,525th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since September 2024, he has put 80 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. 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 | 11.49 | 14.72 | top 12.1% | 6,525 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.31 | 6.61 | top 30.5% | 12,127 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.85 | 43.18 | top 53.0% | 7,330 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.32 | 13.02 | top 62.8% | 18,485 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 15.35 | 18.54 | top 79.4% | 15,192 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 58.52 | 1:17.20 | top 82.7% | 5,525 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 30.66 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,580 / 8,927 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: Arizona Autumn 2024. A 15.08 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.74 at Arizona Autumn 2024.
Competitions
- Bring the Heat AZ 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Arizona Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Emmett Galli — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mia Sponseller — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Austin Lee Gagnon — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.