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Benjamin Williams
3×3 · top 8.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017WILL11
Benjamin Williams has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.21, set at Michigan Championship 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,531st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2017, he has put 216 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.65 in June 2017 to 10.21, a 19% improvement. Benjamin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.21 | 12.00 | top 8.1% | 4,531 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.48 | 5.87 | top 10.1% | 2,685 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 4.55 | top 15.4% | 6,091 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 43.57 | 47.66 | top 16.6% | 2,543 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.95 | 1:25.99 | top 21.6% | 1,701 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.68 | 29.44 | top 28.0% | 3,649 / 15,900 | |
| 7×7 | 4:12.70 | 4:30.46 | top 35.3% | 1,003 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 2:49.54 | 2:50.98 | top 35.9% | 1,313 / 4,262 | |
| Skewb | 9.78 | 22.35 | top 53.6% | 9,814 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 53.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,311 / 6,846 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Michigan Championship 2025.
- 20 Jul 2019Seven personal bests in one day at 3rd Coast Cubing 2019.
- 17 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Petoskey Cubing 2017.
- 25 Jun 2017First competition: Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017. A 12.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Michigan 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- 3rd Coast Cubing 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Petoskey Cubing 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017 · 25 Jun 2017
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.
- Yuxuan Chen — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- James Hildreth — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Joseph Williams — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.