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Ben Adcock

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014ADCO01

Ben Adcock has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at Thailand Championship 2017, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 432nd in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2014, he has put 216 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.70 in June 2014 to 8.90, a 17% improvement. Ben has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.90
signature single · Thailand Championship 2017
216
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.9011.27
top 4.6%432 / 11,709
Pyraminx3.336.16
top 4.8%212 / 5,993
2×22.214.06
top 6.3%458 / 8,567
4×437.7843.12
top 9.6%251 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed19.0621.98
top 18.0%394 / 2,659
Skewb5.427.87
top 21.4%554 / 3,534
5×51:25.781:28.54
top 23.9%320 / 1,356
Megaminx1:29.171:35.37
top 27.7%346 / 1,277
6×62:46.422:58.70
top 34.2%207 / 641
Clock13.0016.08
top 39.6%408 / 1,095
7×74:50.145:03.89
top 47.7%230 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves
early days — 2 solves229 / 468
Square-134.1458.85
top 57.0%553 / 899
3×3 blindfolded4:25.54
early days — 3 solves313 / 394

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

Thailand Championship 2014: 10.70Thailand Championship 2016: 10.29Thailand Championship 2017: 8.908.9010.7021 Jun 201415 Jul 2017

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.