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Ben Alderson

3×3 · top 58.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ALDE02

Ben Alderson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.92, set at Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017, puts him in the top 58.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34,780th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2017, he has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. Ben has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 58.7% of 284,439 all-time
27.92
signature single · Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.9234.10
top 58.7%34,780 / 59,724
2×211.3111.66
top 82.4%34,209 / 40,951

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

Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 27.92Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017: 28.4127.9228.4118 Mar 201714 Oct 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.92 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.