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Ben Bergen

3×3 blindfolded · top 6.2% of 12,178 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015BERG10

Ben Bergen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 37.44, set at Vitesse Supérieure Montréal 2024, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Canada. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since November 2015, he has put 875 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.07 in November 2015 to 10.73, a 64% improvement. Ben has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 6.2% of 12,178 all-time
37.44
signature single · Vitesse Supérieure Montréal 2024
875
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×3 blindfolded37.4456.71
top 6.2%25 / 351
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves28.33
top 6.2%17 / 283
3×310.7315.40
top 9.7%887 / 10,392
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 16 cubes · 55:49—
top 12.8%9 / 112
2×23.164.72
top 16.1%1,082 / 7,173
Skewb5.649.83
top 23.0%555 / 2,907
Square-117.9426.87
top 23.2%190 / 952
3×3 one-handed21.3528.74
top 24.1%527 / 2,620
4×4 blindfolded5:30.49—
top 25.6%10 / 60
Megaminx1:28.701:39.03
top 27.4%259 / 1,375
Pyraminx7.069.67
top 28.4%1,221 / 4,858
4×453.671:01.17
top 29.2%751 / 3,118
Clock12.8214.32
top 38.9%343 / 1,029
5×5 blindfolded16:36.00—
top 47.3%8 / 30
5×52:00.272:09.97
top 49.4%643 / 1,499
6×64:51.555:16.63
top 79.9%480 / 665
7×79:15.729:31.32
early days — 3 solves472 / 503

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

Toronto Open Fall 2015: 30.07Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 20.87Newmarket Open 2016: 16.77Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 15.53Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 16.92Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 13.54National Capital Region 2019: 14.23Open de Montréal 2022: 16.59National Capital Region A 2023: 14.68Open de Montréal 2023: 15.10Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 15.12Imaginaire Quebec 2023: 12.12Marble City Cubing 2023: 14.04Défi Jeunesse Montréal 2023: 14.79Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024: 15.07Kingston Winter 2024: 14.85Nouveaux Venus à Montréal B 2024: 14.65Open de Gatineau B 2024: 15.60Ottawa Spring 2024: 13.42Carleton Place Summer 2024: 13.09Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 14.47Ottawa Summer 2024: 14.26Ottawa 3x3x3 Fall B 2024: 10.73Ottawa Mini Winter C 2025: 14.45Open de Gatineau 2025: 18.16Championnat Canadien 2025: 13.37Ottawa Side Events A 2025: 14.45Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2026: 15.24Open de Gatineau 2026: 15.00Ottawa Spring 2026: 16.6510.7330.0728 Nov 201512 Apr 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-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 7.44 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.