People · United States
Ben Ackley
3×3 · top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022ACKL01
Ben Ackley has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.05, set at Winter Warmup CO 2025, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,426th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since December 2022, he has put 204 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.37 in December 2022 to 13.05, a 39% improvement. Ben has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.05 | 19.72 | top 17.6% | 9,426 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.96 | 6.26 | top 38.8% | 15,566 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.45 | 12.08 | top 48.6% | 14,080 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,424 / 2,040 | |
| Clock | 21.94 | 25.37 | top 70.0% | 6,038 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 22.20 | 27.22 | top 92.4% | 17,786 / 18,907 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.05 at Winter Warmup CO 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Winter Warmup CO 2025.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.25 at Utah Megacomp 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Utah Megacomp 2023.
- 10 Dec 2022First competition: Utah Snowball Bash 2022. A 21.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing with Dinosaurs Lehi 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Winter Warmup CO 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Spanish Fork PM 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Utah Valley Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Snake River Speedsolving 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024 · 20 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burley Summer 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Southern Utah Summer 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
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.
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kanyon Lundell — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Cade Beck — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.