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Benjamin Schmutter

3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019SCHM05

Benjamin Schmutter has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.31, set at North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,032nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since September 2019, he has put 1,105 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.32 in September 2019 to 7.31, a 60% improvement. Benjamin has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.31
signature single · North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023
1,105
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.319.12
top 1.7%1,032 / 59,724
2×21.602.76
top 2.6%1,011 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.924.92
top 3.4%883 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed12.4618.74
top 3.6%544 / 15,683
4×431.4937.05
top 3.8%609 / 19,072
5×558.241:07.26
top 4.7%384 / 9,401
Clock6.076.24
top 7.5%586 / 8,927
Megaminx58.061:07.72
top 9.0%620 / 7,841
Skewb4.226.39
top 12.4%1,931 / 18,907
6×62:04.002:13.84
top 12.7%466 / 4,196
7×73:10.563:36.06
top 13.5%374 / 3,184
Square-114.1817.92
top 14.5%982 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded2:11.602:42.34
top 37.1%779 / 2,092
4×4 blindfolded16:50.0020:15.00
early days — 3 solves343 / 440

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

Ridge Cubing Fall 2019: 18.32Empire State Winter A 2022: 12.42Deerfield Winter 2022: 10.50Empire State Spring 2022: 9.73Princeton Spring 2022: 7.67Pretzel Mania 2022: 9.62Empire State Fall 2022: 10.07New York Yopen 2022: 8.81Mum's the Word 2023: 8.72Empire State Winter Whirl 2023: 9.12NJIT Spring 2023: 8.89PBs in Palisades 2023: 7.76GCU Spring 2023: 9.08North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023: 7.31CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.31Manhattan Mini C 2023: 8.57Return to Green OH 2026: 7.66OberliNxN 2026: 8.30No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026: 7.83Great Peconic Bay 2026: 7.79NAC Prep in Palisades 2026: 8.85Westport Summer 2026: 8.457.3118.3214 Sep 201927 Jun 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.