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Bennett David Walsh

3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023WALS06

Bennett David Walsh has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.27, set at The Battle of Lexington 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,083rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2023, he has put 210 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.85 in October 2023 to 9.27, a 42% improvement. Bennett has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.27
signature single · The Battle of Lexington 2025
210
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.2711.16
top 5.5%3,083 / 59,724
2×22.214.28
top 6.3%2,504 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed20.4832.77
top 21.8%2,796 / 15,683
Pyraminx6.288.45
top 22.1%5,928 / 28,708
Clock13.1616.51
top 40.3%3,203 / 8,927
Skewb8.0811.22
top 41.9%7,306 / 18,907
4×41:16.511:32.02
top 53.0%8,992 / 19,072
Megaminx2:19.23—
top 55.9%4,194 / 7,841
Square-140.321:37.95
top 65.8%4,324 / 6,743

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

CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 15.85Cardinal Cube Day 2024: 13.28Saint John's Showdown 2024: 12.92Salem Cubikon 2024: 11.34Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024: 12.61Loon Cubikon 2024: 11.94The Battle of Lexington 2025: 9.27Salem Cubikon 2025: 10.399.2715.857 Oct 202324 May 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Ryan Durette — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Derek White — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Justin Lee — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.