People · United Kingdom
Ben Andrews
Pyraminx · top 3.1% of 130,891 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ANDR01
Ben Andrews has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.83, set at Stevenage June 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2023, he has put 530 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.67 in January 2023 to 11.66, a 21% 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.83 | 6.79 | top 3.1% | 125 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 | 11.66 | 14.01 | top 12.8% | 914 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 4.43 | top 15.0% | 902 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 5.74 | 7.16 | top 23.8% | 550 / 2,439 | |
| Square-1 | 21.85 | 26.92 | top 32.2% | 298 / 789 | |
| 4×4 | 56.78 | 1:03.03 | top 32.9% | 754 / 2,112 | |
| Clock | 12.40 | 22.41 | top 36.9% | 505 / 1,255 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.67 | 34.79 | top 38.6% | 683 / 1,861 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.83 | 2:11.91 | top 48.0% | 603 / 1,167 | |
| Megaminx | 2:23.14 | — | top 58.1% | 698 / 998 |
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
- 16 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2023.
- 20 May 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Stevenage May 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First competition: Stevenage January 2023. A 17.13 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Stevenage January 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2023.
Competitions
- Stevenage October 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Stevenage June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Stevenage January 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
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.
- Alexandru Boca — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Noah Calderon-Kamata — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Felix Hincks — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.