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Ari Jacob Ben-Naim

3×3 · top 71.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017BENN06

Ari Jacob Ben-Naim has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.55, set at UCSD Summer 2017, puts him in the top 71.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43,900th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2017, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. Ari has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 71.3% of 288,433 all-time
35.55
signature single · UCSD Summer 2017
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×335.5541.00
top 71.3%43,900 / 60,666
2×211.0313.59
top 81.5%34,384 / 41,674
3×3 one-handed2:00.37—
early days — 1 solve15,633 / 15,900

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

UCSD Summer 2017: 35.55Berkeley Summer 2017: 38.95TF3I San Diego 2017: 35.5635.5538.9511 Jun 20175 Nov 2017

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

The story so far

  • 11 Jun 2017First competition: UCSD Summer 2017. A 35.55 3×3 single to start from.

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-30 3×3 single — 180,530 people have one; it is 5.55 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 147,358 people have one; it is 1.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.