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Benjamin Pugh

3×3 one-handed · top 0.061% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014PUGH01

Benjamin Pugh has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 6.91, set at Michigan 2023, puts him in the top 0.061% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in the United States. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since July 2014, he has put 2,828 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.78 in July 2014 to 5.44, an 88% improvement. Benjamin has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.061% of 73,695 all-time
6.91
signature single · Michigan 2023
2,828
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed6.9112.63
top 0.061%9 / 15,683
3×35.447.05
top 0.23%158 / 59,724
2×21.072.17
top 0.7%294 / 40,951
4×425.9829.26
top 0.98%165 / 19,072
5×551.3159.69
top 2.1%170 / 9,401
Pyraminx2.764.52
top 2.9%773 / 28,708
Skewb3.106.59
top 5.5%849 / 18,907
Square-110.4814.25
top 7.0%509 / 6,743
Megaminx55.211:04.25
top 7.6%523 / 7,841
6×62:02.842:14.42
top 12.2%439 / 4,196
7×73:46.793:57.43
top 26.0%728 / 3,184
Clock15.5019.80
top 49.9%4,077 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves44.67
top 51.8%1,101 / 2,040

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

Michigan 2014: 45.78US Nationals 2014: 33.85Michigan Mystery 2014: 18.33Summit City Open 2015: 13.21Dayton 2015: 12.27Michigan 2015: 12.74Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015: 14.96US Nationals 2015: 10.77Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 10.86Shaker Heights 2016: 11.90US Nationals 2016: 10.57Michigan 2016: 11.42TJHSST Fall 2016: 8.88Shaker Fall 2016: 8.75Dayton Winter 2017: 8.86Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 8.75Howland High Spring 2017: 8.68Shaker Spring 2017: 8.72CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 8.40Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2018: 8.79CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.32Michigan 2018: 7.52Shaker Fall 2018: 7.38Pittsburgh Open 2018: 8.13Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019: 7.65Arnold Classic North America 2019: 7.40Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 7.59Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 7.50Flag City Spring 2019: 8.08Kent State Taco Bash 2019: 7.12Pittsburgh Summer 2019: 7.77Bulldog Qualifier 2019: 7.33Battle for Toledo 2019: 7.99CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.46Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019: 6.37Flag City Fall 2019: 7.31Kent Fall 2019: 5.91Pittsburgh Fall 2019: 6.56Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020: 6.74Gem City 2022: 7.37Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 6.29Blue Water Bridge Open 2022: 6.75Lake Erie Showdown 2022: 6.54Happy Valley Fall 2022: 6.16Bulldog Winter 2023: 6.90Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 6.87Country Roads Huntington 2023: 6.20NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 6.52Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 6.31Bulldog Spring 2023: 6.62Michigan 2023: 5.63Flag City Summer 2023: 5.63CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 5.86Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024: 6.25Washtenaw Winter 2024: 5.44Eastwood Cubing 2024: 6.50Bulldog Winter 2024: 6.20Happy Valley Spring 2024: 6.80Plum Puzzles 2024: 6.57Green Spring 2024: 5.57Green Summer 2024: 7.00Barberton Mini 7 2025: 6.47Northern Tier Twist 2025: 7.115.4445.7812 Jul 201425 Oct 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.