People · United States
Cooper Bennett
2×2 · top 2.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016BENN03
Cooper Bennett has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.60, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,036th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2016, he has put 422 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.03 in April 2016 to 10.04, a 64% improvement. Cooper has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 1.60 | 2.53 | top 2.6% | 1,036 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.04 | 12.13 | top 7.6% | 4,246 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.58 | 5.57 | top 8.3% | 1,295 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.15 | 7.02 | top 14.1% | 3,767 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 47.32 | 51.40 | top 21.3% | 3,277 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.55 | 1:35.46 | top 24.7% | 1,742 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.66 | 28.27 | top 25.1% | 3,281 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 18.88 | 25.35 | top 25.5% | 1,695 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.86 | 2:01.91 | top 46.7% | 3,936 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 14.86 | 16.04 | top 47.3% | 3,929 / 9,172 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Long Island Summer 2025.
- 9 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.83 at Saint John's Spring 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Saint John's Spring 2022.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Long Island Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Saint John's Spring 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rally in the Valley 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
- Warren Morris — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Zayn Khanani — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.