People · United States
Justin Bennett
2×2 · top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017BENN02
Justin Bennett has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.21, set at Let's Cube Long Beach 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,504th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2017, he has put 267 official solves on the record across five 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 24.36 in February 2017 to 9.93, a 59% improvement. Justin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 2.21 | 4.10 | top 6.3% | 2,504 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.93 | 14.07 | top 7.3% | 3,991 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.54 | 6.08 | top 14.8% | 2,307 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.86 | 27.15 | top 17.4% | 2,247 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.51 | 1:40.46 | top 27.9% | 1,928 / 7,841 |
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
- 25 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Let's Cube Long Beach 2025.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at UCSD Summer 2023.
- 5 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at TF3I San Diego 2017.
- 23 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Santa Barbara Fall 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.67 at Qualifornia 2017.
- 11 Feb 2017First competition: Berkeley Winter 2017. A 24.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oak Valley Winter B 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- TF3I San Diego 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- UCSD Summer 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- OCSEF Open 2017 · 23 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2017 · 11 Feb 2017
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.
- Michael Young — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Derek Hsieh — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.