People · United States
Carson Bender
2×2 · top 25.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022BEND01
Carson Bender has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.95, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023, puts him in the top 25.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,161st in the United States. Across 8 competitions since March 2022, he has put 141 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.44 in May 2022 to 18.75, a 40% improvement. Carson has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 3.95 | 5.52 | top 25.9% | 10,161 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 18.75 | 19.55 | top 36.4% | 20,439 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.99 | 11.65 | top 44.7% | 12,862 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 8.62 | 10.88 | top 45.9% | 8,095 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 16.05 | 17.51 | top 52.0% | 4,265 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 34.67 | 50.83 | top 57.8% | 3,816 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,121 / 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
- 2 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.38 at Fast in Fayette 2024.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-30 3×3: 25.72 at Pittsburgh Summer A 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Pittsburgh Summer A 2022.
- 13 Mar 2022First competition: Pittsburgh Winter 2022.
Competitions
- Put-in-Bay 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Pittsburgh Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fast in Fayette 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Summer A 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pittsburgh Winter 2022 · 13 Mar 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.
- Zachary Garber — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Caleb Kearney — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xavier Ye — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.