People · United Kingdom
Benjamin Richard Marsland
2×2 · top 34.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023MARS18
Benjamin Richard Marsland has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.64, set at Glasgow Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 34.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,838th in the United Kingdom. Across 8 competitions since July 2023, he has put 172 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.67 in September 2023 to 19.60, a 34% improvement. Benjamin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.64 | 6.30 | top 34.7% | 1,838 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 19.60 | 26.57 | top 38.8% | 2,653 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.04 | 12.08 | top 45.2% | 1,840 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 9.58 | 13.71 | top 52.3% | 1,238 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 23.47 | 24.58 | top 73.5% | 923 / 1,232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.90 | 1:06.97 | top 79.3% | 1,443 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 2:08.83 | — | top 85.4% | 1,894 / 2,071 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.60 at Glasgow Spring 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2024.
- 15 Jul 2023First competition: Edinburgh Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Side Events Spring 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Edinburgh Summer Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
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.
- Sam Jones — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hayden Wallace — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kai McLean — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.