People · United States
Ethan Benson
2×2 · top 3.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023BENS03
Ethan Benson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Brookline Favorites 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,486th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since June 2023, he has put 1,021 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.26 in June 2023 to 11.52, a 56% improvement. Ethan has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 1.82 | 3.75 | top 3.7% | 1,486 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 5.15 | 5.86 | top 4.8% | 393 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.38 | 5.08 | top 5.0% | 1,322 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 11.52 | 12.64 | top 12.3% | 6,687 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 6.39 | 7.58 | top 28.9% | 4,805 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 58.37 | 1:05.11 | top 34.8% | 5,668 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.49 | 34.24 | top 45.6% | 6,258 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.68 | — | top 56.0% | 4,800 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 52.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,268 / 6,846 |
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 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 2 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Skowhegan Spookfest 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Brookline Favorites 2024.
- 23 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at New Hampshire Summer 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at River Hawk Cubikon 2024.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites IV 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Run & Cube 5K Cubikon NH 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wells Dual 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Wakefield MA Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- New Hampshire Championship 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Loon Cubikon NH 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Run and Cube Side Events NH 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Fall River Cubikon 2025 · 2 Feb 2025
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Jay Peak Cubikon 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
- Skowhegan Spookfest 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024 · 15 Sep 2024
- Brookline Favorites 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Hampshire Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- South Deerfield Clock Fest 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- River Hawk Cubikon 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Quabbin Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- The Battle of Concord 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Naticube 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Winchester Wind Down 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Vermont Cubikon 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Winchester Weeknights V 2023 · 23 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Be Quick in Brunswick 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Silver City Side Events 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Return to Quabbin 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubehenge 2023 · 11 Jun 2023
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.
- Derek White — met in 182 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 154 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ryan Durette — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,444 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.