People · United States
Benjamin Smith
3×3 · top 7.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024SMIT38
Benjamin Smith has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.11, set at Arkansas Championship 2026, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,368th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2024, he has put 177 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.76 in April 2024 to 10.11, a 40% improvement. Benjamin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.11 | 13.41 | top 7.8% | 4,368 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.36 | 8.83 | top 9.5% | 2,499 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 4.24 | top 20.4% | 8,099 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 48.27 | 54.38 | top 22.5% | 3,456 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 10.36 | 12.96 | top 57.2% | 10,573 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 20.50 | 22.23 | top 66.2% | 5,829 / 9,172 |
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
- 20 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Arkansas Championship 2026.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.22 at Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First competition: FSUbers 6.0 2024. A 20.07 3×3 single to start from.
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.76 at FSUbers 6.0 2024.
Competitions
- Cube Girardeau 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Scenic City Spring TN 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Arkansas Championship 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing on the Hill KY 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FSUbers 6.0 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 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.
- Rowan Stough — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Field Noble — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Caleb Torres — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.