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Benjamin Schaham

2×2 · top 0.27% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022SCHA10

Benjamin Schaham has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.83, set at Davis Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.27% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since August 2022, he has put 1,172 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.60 in August 2022 to 6.19, a 51% improvement. Benjamin has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.27% of 189,179 all-time
0.83
signature single · Davis Winter 2026
1,172
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.831.41
top 0.27%117 / 41,674
Clock2.783.65
top 0.51%52 / 9,172
3×36.197.09
top 0.62%418 / 60,666
Pyraminx1.982.66
top 1.1%316 / 29,168
Skewb2.734.48
top 3.8%602 / 19,164
3×3 one-handed13.1715.37
top 4.7%685 / 15,900
Megaminx53.9757.02
top 7.0%498 / 8,026
4×436.2838.13
top 8.0%1,228 / 19,354
5×51:32.711:41.07
top 29.6%2,371 / 9,537

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

SacCubing XII 2022: 12.60Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 11.95Berkeley Winter A 2023: 11.37Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 8.00Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 9.03Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 8.89Berkeley Summer 2023: 9.37SacCubing XV 2023: 7.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 9.49Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 8.58Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 7.84Davis Winter 2024: 8.14SacCubing XVII 2024: 8.12Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.47Folsom Summer 2024: 7.64SacCubing XVIII 2024: 7.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 7.72SacCubing XIX 2025: 7.83Berkeley Winter 2025: 6.94Berkeley Spring 2025: 6.19Santa Rosa Spring 2025: 7.37Davis Summer 2025: 7.01Benicia Open 2025: 7.93SacCubing XXI 2025: 6.43Berkeley Fall 2025: 7.16Cool Down Berkeley 2025: 7.09Dublin California Open 2025: 8.06SacCubing XXII 2026: 6.65Davis Winter 2026: 7.33Berkeley Favorites 2026: 6.88Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 7.91Berkeley Spring 2026: 6.88Alameda County Fair 2026: 7.72Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.30Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 6.68Benicia Open II 2026: 6.76SacCubing XXIV 2026: 6.416.1912.6020 Aug 202220 Sep 2026

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-2 Clock single — 18 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.