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Ben Cappello

3×3 · top 82.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011CAPP01

Ben Cappello has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 45.76, set at MIT Fall 2014, puts him in the top 82.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50,698th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2011, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:26.96 in December 2011 to 45.76, a 47% improvement. Ben has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 82.7% of 284,439 all-time
45.76
signature single · MIT Fall 2014
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×345.7649.89
top 82.7%50,698 / 59,724
2×227.5239.55
top 98.4%40,526 / 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

MIT Fall 2011: 1:26.96MIT Fall 2014: 45.7645.761:26.9617 Dec 20116 Dec 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 6 Dec 2014First sub-60 3×3: 45.76 at MIT Fall 2014.
  • 17 Dec 2011First competition: MIT Fall 2011. A 1:26.96 3×3 single to start from.

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 5.76 away.
  • A sub-25 2×2 single — 182,590 people have one; it is 2.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.