People · United States
Benjamin Ward
3×3 · top 11.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023WARD03
Benjamin Ward has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.34, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,340th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since January 2023, he has put 226 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.34 | 14.12 | top 11.6% | 6,340 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.86 | 8.88 | top 17.1% | 2,746 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.63 | 1:33.38 | top 20.3% | 1,418 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 55.15 | 58.41 | top 31.0% | 4,951 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 4.57 | 5.24 | top 33.9% | 13,710 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,336 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.30 | 40.02 | top 51.9% | 7,267 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | 46.00 | top 55.7% | 1,193 / 2,059 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.00 | 14.19 | top 60.5% | 18,089 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 18.59 | 20.69 | top 60.6% | 5,246 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 40.82 | 53.09 | top 66.4% | 4,414 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 4:47.69 | 5:21.55 | top 79.1% | 3,208 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 8:48.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,050 / 3,236 |
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
- 22 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025.
- 21 Jan 2023First competition: Music City Speedsolving 2023. A 11.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vanderbilt Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Slice 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC and More Minnesota 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- TN Speedsolving Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Going Fast in Franklin 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Music City Speedsolving 2023 · 21 Jan 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.
- Drew Windham — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- MJ Thomas — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Matias Marcantoni-Nunez — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.