People · United States
Benjamin Watts
Pyraminx · top 6.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018WATT04
Benjamin Watts has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.82, set at Pretzel Mania Denver 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,736th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2018, he has put 392 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.12 in April 2018 to 19.51, a 51% improvement. Benjamin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.82 | 9.01 | top 6.8% | 1,736 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 8.55 | 11.21 | top 17.7% | 1,354 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 15.80 | 21.44 | top 18.2% | 1,234 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.61 | 35.80 | top 35.8% | 4,730 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 7.39 | 11.42 | top 36.7% | 6,258 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 4.82 | 6.99 | top 37.0% | 14,805 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 19.51 | 22.20 | top 38.5% | 21,787 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,251 / 2,040 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.41 | — | top 70.2% | 12,597 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:41.45 | — | top 71.1% | 6,265 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:27.73 | — | top 83.0% | 6,600 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 5:45.70 | 6:12.11 | early days — 3 solves | 3,675 / 4,196 |
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
- 13 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Don't Blow Away Casper 2024.
- 25 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Denver 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Sheridan Stampede 2024.
- 31 Jul 2021First sub-30 3×3: 19.59 at Wyoming Summer 2021.
- 31 Jul 2021First sub-20 3×3: 19.59 at Wyoming Summer 2021.
- 31 Jul 2021Four personal bests in one day at Wyoming Summer 2021.
Competitions
- Don't Blow Away Casper 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Blow Away Casper 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Denver 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Sheridan Stampede 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Blow Away Casper 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Fall Off Devils Tower 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- LoCo Cubing AM 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wyoming Summer 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wyoming Summer 2021 · 31 Jul 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Wyoming Summer 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Wyoming Jackalope Dash 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Spring Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
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.
- Kian Cline — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Raymos Castillo — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Braik Hurm — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.