People · United States
Bennett Welch
2×2 · top 19.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025WELC02
Bennett Welch has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.43, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026, puts him in the top 19.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,590th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since September 2025, he has put 103 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.20 in September 2025 to 14.14, a 33% improvement. Bennett has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.43 | 4.75 | top 19.3% | 7,590 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.14 | 18.11 | top 21.5% | 11,579 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.00 | 11.18 | top 33.7% | 5,658 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.87 | 2:07.65 | top 38.6% | 2,768 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.09 | 16.06 | top 53.7% | 15,677 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:57.27 | — | top 80.4% | 14,925 / 19,072 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.14 at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 7 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.52 at NxNebraska 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at NxNebraska 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025. A 21.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- NxNebraska 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Coleton Pleiss — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chaeli Baker — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.