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Ben Baron

3×3 · top 0.05% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016BARO04

Ben Baron has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.52, set at Kolla Summer Cup 2023, puts him in the top 0.05% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Israel. Until May 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 87 competitions since July 2016, he has put 4,437 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.70 in July 2016 to 4.52, a 73% improvement. Ben has entered 87 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.05% of 284,439 all-time
4.52
signature single · Kolla Summer Cup 2023
4,437
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
3×34.525.88
top 0.05%1 / 2,022
3×3 one-handed7.299.29
top 0.096%2 / 658
3×3 blindfolded14.8518.05
top 0.14%1 / 157
2×20.731.39
top 0.15%2 / 1,401
4×421.7625.89
top 0.16%2 / 659
Skewb1.332.41
top 0.25%1 / 618
Pyraminx1.402.20
top 0.31%5 / 957
5×543.1348.82
top 0.44%2 / 345
Square-15.638.73
top 0.55%2 / 248
Megaminx34.5337.29
top 0.6%2 / 263
6×61:25.491:32.20
top 1.2%1 / 127
Clock3.374.41
top 1.3%2 / 252
7×72:11.662:23.52
top 1.4%1 / 99
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves22.67
top 1.5%4 / 115
3×3 Multi-Blind31 of 35 cubes · 57:24—
top 2.0%1 / 57
4×4 blindfolded2:09.923:39.35
top 3.6%1 / 27
5×5 blindfolded5:59.24—
top 6.9%1 / 14

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

Petoskey Cubing 2016: 16.70Sharet School 2017: 9.43Israel Championship 2017: 9.53Italian Championship 2017: 9.17Sharet School 2018: 8.23WCA European Championship 2018: 7.17Denmark & Friends 2019: 6.13Israel Championship 2019: 7.15Swiss Nationals 2019: 6.70Israel Summer Open 2019: 6.98Cubing in the Succah 2019: 7.32Hannukubing 2019: 5.61CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 6.80Kubiat Esther 2022: 6.36Aficube B 2022: 5.20Kubiat Ruth 2022: 6.04Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 6.09Israel Championship 2022: 6.02Cyprus Championship 2022: 5.36Kubiat HaGalil A 2022: 6.55NR Hanukkah: BigCubes 2022: 6.73Cyprus Winter Cup 2023: 6.03Puriminx A 2023: 4.96Mike's Cubes 2023: 6.55Kolla Summer Cup 2023: 4.52Israel Championship 2023: 6.07Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.05Cubing for Yuval 2023: 5.81Israel Winter Open B 2024: 6.52Weekend Cubing B Israel 2024: 5.98CinemaCube Israel 2024: 6.01Israel Open 2024: 5.19Mike's Cubes 2024: 5.42Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 4.89Israel Championship 2024: 4.97Around the Clock Israel 2024: 6.11Cubing for Yuval 2024: 5.42Hannukubing Israel 2024: 5.28Cubing Carnival Israel 2025: 5.48Haifa Cubing 2025: 5.59CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 4.86Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.59Yeruham Cubing 2025: 5.80Israel Championship 2025: 5.27Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025: 5.73Cyprus Cubing League IV 2025: 6.05Hungarian Open 2025: 4.72Calvià Open 2025: 5.33NR Hanukkah A Israel 2025: 5.46Cyprus Nationals 2025: 6.11Mike's Cubes Israel 2026: 5.38Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 5.08Israel Championship 2026: 5.584.5216.7023 Jul 201625 Aug 2026

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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.