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Bennett Rule

2×2 · top 3.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022RULE02

Bennett Rule has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at SPAMtown III MN 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,286th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since April 2022, he has put 1,261 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.26 in April 2022 to 10.02, a 72% improvement. Bennett has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.3% of 189,179 all-time
1.73
signature single · SPAMtown III MN 2024
1,261
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.734.34
top 3.3%1,286 / 41,674
3×310.0211.30
top 7.5%4,213 / 60,666
Pyraminx4.8710.32
top 12.4%3,284 / 29,168
4×443.2546.36
top 16.2%2,481 / 19,354
Clock9.0212.95
top 20.0%1,563 / 9,172
3×3 one-handed19.8724.18
top 20.2%2,624 / 15,900
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.5%512 / 2,059
Skewb5.737.57
top 23.8%3,875 / 19,164
Square-119.5830.18
top 27.1%1,795 / 6,846
Megaminx1:28.151:48.25
top 27.1%1,905 / 8,026
5×51:35.951:42.39
top 32.3%2,590 / 9,537
6×63:23.133:38.33
top 52.0%1,973 / 4,262
3×3 blindfolded3:17.28—
early days — 1 solve1,244 / 2,128
7×78:24.90—
early days — 1 solve2,977 / 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

Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 36.26Minnesota Cube Day 2022: 34.30Cubetcha 2022: 34.58North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 28.28Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 21.16North Woods 2023: 24.96SPAMtown II 2023: 17.44Side Events Minnesota 2023: 17.80Race the Clock Minnesota 2023: 17.28North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 19.00Elite in Eagan 2024: 13.76New Ulm Reboot 2024: 17.36Minnesota Slice 2024: 15.41Eau Claire 2024: 15.75Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 14.70CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 11.60Minnesota Warm Up 2024: 12.49Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 15.99Minnesota Meetup IV Tuesday 2024: 11.32Rosemount Big Cubes 2024: 14.54Rosemount Side Events 2024: 10.53Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 12.25SPAMtown III MN 2024: 12.46Minnesota Championship 2024: 11.30North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025: 10.43Solve La Crosse 2025: 10.94Racing in Rosemount 2025: 11.21Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025: 11.11Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 11.40CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 11.71Cubetcha MN 2025: 10.98Minnesota Championship 2025: 10.02Race the Clock MN 2025: 11.26North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 12.64Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026: 10.77Minnesota Cube Melt 2026: 10.51SPAMTown IV MN 2026: 10.03Cubetcha MN 2026: 12.9710.0236.269 Apr 202210 Oct 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.