People · New Zealand
Benjamin Melvin
2×2 · top 23.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025MELV04
Benjamin Melvin has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.73, set at Solve Well in Wellington 2025, puts him in the top 23.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 417th in New Zealand. Across 1 competition since August 2025, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.73 | 9.00 | top 23.1% | 417 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 30.44 | 34.08 | top 63.3% | 1,357 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.25 | 15.54 | top 74.3% | 902 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:24.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 565 / 600 |
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 story so far
- 23 Aug 2025First competition: Solve Well in Wellington 2025. A 30.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solve Well in Wellington 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tom Nelson — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Mills — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.