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Ethan Benson

2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 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 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,444th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since June 2023, he has put 962 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 35,811 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 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.82
signature single · Brookline Favorites 2024
962
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.823.99
top 3.7%1,444 / 40,951
Clock5.155.86
top 4.8%387 / 8,927
Pyraminx4.535.82
top 10.4%2,716 / 28,708
3×311.5212.64
top 12.2%6,581 / 59,724
Skewb6.397.58
top 28.8%4,736 / 18,907
4×458.371:05.11
top 34.7%5,588 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed29.4937.02
top 45.5%6,164 / 15,683
5×52:10.68—
top 55.8%4,722 / 9,401
Square-152.43—
early days — 2 solves5,192 / 6,743

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

Cubehenge 2023: 26.26Return to Quabbin 2023: 21.10Silver City Side Events 2023: 19.81Be Quick in Brunswick 2023: 17.57Winchester Weeknights V 2023: 21.67Brookline Favorites 2023: 17.95CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 18.44Vermont Cubikon 2023: 20.06Loon Cubikon 2023: 18.86Winchester Wind Down 2023: 19.31The Battle of Lexington 2024: 19.46Fall River Cubikon 2024: 19.89Naticube 2024: 18.93The Battle of Concord 2024: 18.43Quabbin Newcomers 2024: 16.90River Hawk Cubikon 2024: 16.50South Deerfield Clock Fest 2024: 15.81New Hampshire Summer 2024: 14.22Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 16.83CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 12.98Brookline Favorites 2024: 17.18Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024: 14.37Skowhegan Spookfest 2024: 11.57Loon Cubikon 2024: 13.30Jay Peak Cubikon 2024: 13.77The Battle of Lexington 2025: 13.91Fall River Cubikon 2025: 12.71Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.42CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 14.65Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025: 14.39Loon Cubikon NH 2025: 12.20New Hampshire Championship 2025: 12.78Wakefield MA Spring 2026: 14.21Wells Dual 2026: 14.19Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.52Run & Cube 5K Cubikon NH 2026: 12.77Brookline Favorites IV 2026: 13.7911.5226.2611 Jun 202329 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 171 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Ethan Zhuang — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Ryan Durette — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 23 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.