Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United Kingdom → Franklyn Bensley

People · United Kingdom

Franklyn Bensley

4×4 · top 0.14% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023BENS02

Franklyn Bensley has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 21.50, set at Crewe May 2026, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in the United Kingdom. Until June 2017, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,042 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.00 in April 2023 to 5.84, a 42% improvement. Franklyn has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.14% of 83,917 all-time
21.50
signature single · Crewe May 2026
1,042
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
4×421.5027.95
top 0.14%5 / 2,071
3×35.846.71
top 0.39%40 / 6,689
2×21.172.12
top 0.95%80 / 4,895
5×546.6451.35
top 0.96%16 / 1,151
3×3 one-handed10.3513.97
top 1.3%26 / 1,851
6×61:35.661:52.82
top 3.0%18 / 548
7×73:28.793:33.76
top 19.3%89 / 459

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

Wakefield Spring 2023: 10.00Peterborough Summer 2023: 8.95Bolton Summer 2023: 7.85Wakefield Autumn 2023: 7.23Manchester Spring 2024: 6.61Wakefield Summer 2024: 6.83Bolton Summer 2024: 6.39Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 7.71Crewe Winter 2025: 7.85Manchester Spring 2025: 6.83Crewe Spring 2025: 6.90Manchester June 2025: 8.38Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 6.57Manchester Favourites I 2025: 7.27Manchester October 2025: 6.71Manchester Favourites II 2026: 7.63Crewe Winter 2026: 6.13Crewe Spring 2026: 6.60Leeds Spring 2026: 6.54Liverpool Spring 2026: 6.23Crewe May 2026: 6.32Manchester Cubing League - Third 2026: 6.38Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026: 5.90Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 5.845.8410.001 Apr 202328 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.