People · United States
Benjamin McConkie
3×3 · top 14.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019MCCO09
Benjamin McConkie has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.05, set at Utah Ice Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 14.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,673rd in the United States. Across 12 competitions since October 2019, he has put 260 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.80 in October 2019 to 12.05, a 63% improvement. Benjamin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 12.05 | 14.22 | top 14.1% | 7,673 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.54 | 4.85 | top 20.8% | 8,261 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.52 | 8.87 | top 24.0% | 6,633 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.89 | 27.95 | top 25.8% | 3,367 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 661 / 2,059 | |
| 4×4 | 55.68 | 1:08.57 | top 31.7% | 5,063 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 7.02 | 9.71 | top 33.9% | 5,777 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.23 | 1:51.65 | top 35.6% | 2,864 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 29.24 | 39.33 | top 48.1% | 3,171 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,882 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 6:05.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,145 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 4:23.91 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,930 / 4,262 | |
| Clock | 24.53 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,814 / 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
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Utah Ice Cubing 2026.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Utah Ice Cubing 2025.
- 26 Nov 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.21 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2021.
- 26 Nov 2021Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2021.
- 16 Jul 2021First sub-30 3×3: 17.64 at Idaho Summer A 2021.
- 16 Jul 2021First sub-20 3×3: 17.64 at Idaho Summer A 2021.
Competitions
- PBQtah 9 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Utah Ice Cubing 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with Dinosaurs Lehi 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Valley Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Ritmo Boyacá Innovo Duitama 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Southern Utah Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2021 · 26 Nov 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Idaho Summer A 2021 · 16 Jul 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Southern Utah Fall Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
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.
- Cade Beck — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Damian Wilding — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.