People · United States
Benjamin McCollum
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024MCCO08
Benjamin McCollum has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,981st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2024, he has put 352 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 13.38 in April 2024 to 8.38, a 37% improvement. Benjamin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.38 | 9.89 | top 3.5% | 1,981 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 3.28 | top 4.0% | 1,565 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.19 | 17.97 | top 6.5% | 889 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 4.88 | 7.11 | top 17.2% | 2,729 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 50.84 | 58.30 | top 25.8% | 3,968 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.91 | 12.26 | top 44.0% | 12,634 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 20.97 | 23.05 | top 67.5% | 5,804 / 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
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First competition: Slow N Steady Spring 2024. A 14.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Stone Payne — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Daniel Greigg — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.