People · United States
Benjamin McCollum
3×3 · top 1.7% of 288,433 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 7.31, set at UMBC Fall 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,057th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2024, he has put 409 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.38 in April 2024 to 7.31, a 45% improvement. Benjamin has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.31 | 9.29 | top 1.7% | 1,057 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 3.28 | top 4.0% | 1,600 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.19 | 17.97 | top 6.5% | 905 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.84 | 8.34 | top 6.9% | 1,788 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 4.88 | 7.11 | top 17.3% | 2,764 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 50.84 | 58.30 | top 25.9% | 4,034 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 18.08 | 23.05 | top 59.0% | 5,085 / 9,172 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026.
- 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
- UMBC Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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 72 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Stone Payne — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Panashe Sharma — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.