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Benjamin Taylor
3×3 · top 8.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023TAYL10
Benjamin Taylor has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Edinburgh Summer Open 2024, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 630th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2023, he has put 333 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.25 in May 2023 to 10.39, a 40% improvement. Benjamin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.39 | 13.51 | top 8.7% | 630 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 3.45 | top 9.6% | 634 / 4,946 | |
| Clock | 6.68 | 8.18 | top 9.7% | 127 / 1,255 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.42 | 8.96 | top 15.9% | 622 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 6.18 | 8.49 | top 27.3% | 647 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.44 | 30.30 | top 35.5% | 633 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.34 | 1:31.80 | top 54.6% | 1,207 / 2,112 |
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
- 30 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Summer Open 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Glasgow Spring 2024.
- 22 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Glasgow Autumn 2023.
- 22 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Glasgow Autumn 2023.
- 26 May 2023First competition: Glasgow Spring 2023. A 17.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 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 68 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Nicky Sim — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.