People · United States
Benjamin Valdivieso
2×2 · top 3.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022VALD04
Benjamin Valdivieso has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,501st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2022, he has put 329 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.17 in October 2023 to 12.62, an 11% improvement. Benjamin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 4.71 | top 3.8% | 1,501 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.70 | 7.20 | top 6.3% | 1,609 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.62 | 14.29 | top 16.1% | 8,621 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.42 | 23.50 | top 16.2% | 2,087 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.95 | 1:19.49 | top 17.4% | 1,180 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 4.92 | 8.14 | top 17.5% | 2,772 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.24 | 1:12.74 | top 39.9% | 6,479 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 14.56 | 20.37 | top 46.1% | 3,722 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 29.67 | 45.01 | top 48.8% | 3,178 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.36 | 3:48.50 | top 52.6% | 4,432 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:01.11 | 4:21.19 | top 65.7% | 2,547 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:30.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,317 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | 55.00 | early days — 3 solves | 1,655 / 2,040 |
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
- 17 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Georgia Championship 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025.
- 24 Jul 2022First competition: GA Cubers Warm Up 2022.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Georgia Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Georgia Quiet Championship 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights II 2025 · 16 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Clayton State Cubing 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- T-Town Showdown 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- GA Cubers Study July 2023 · 20 Jul 2023
- GA Cubers Warm Up 2022 · 24 Jul 2022
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.
- Daniel Mullen — met in 68 rounds, never finished ahead
- Katie Hull — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead once
- Justin Barker — met in 64 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.