People · United States
Benson John O'Connor
3×3 · top 27.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022OCON04
Benson John O'Connor has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.88, set at Arizona Championship 2024, puts him in the top 27.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,281st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since December 2022, he has put 108 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.65 in December 2022 to 15.88, a 59% improvement. Benson has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 15.88 | 19.28 | top 27.5% | 15,281 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.48 | 6.62 | top 32.7% | 13,221 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.83 | 1:10.11 | top 44.8% | 7,538 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.84 | 40.30 | top 53.1% | 7,441 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 10.22 | 15.02 | top 56.3% | 10,386 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 34.80 | 40.84 | top 58.1% | 3,885 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 2:54.13 | — | top 76.1% | 6,928 / 9,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.69 | 16.93 | top 76.4% | 22,999 / 29,168 |
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
- 18 May 2024First sub-20 3×3: 15.88 at Arizona Championship 2024.
- 18 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2024.
- 15 Sep 2023First sub-30 3×3: 22.38 at InTents Cubing Grand Canyon 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022First competition: AZCubing Winter 2022. A 38.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lopes Up AZ Fall 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lopes Up AZ 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Arizona Championship 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- InTents Cubing Grand Canyon 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
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.
- Mia Sponseller — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dan Tran — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Micah Arnold — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.