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Ben Costas

3×3 · top 26.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014COST03

Ben Costas has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.70, set at Toronto Open Summer 2014, puts him in the top 26.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,583rd in Canada. Across 2 competitions since May 2014, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.76 in May 2014 to 15.70, a 43% improvement. Ben has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 26.8% of 284,439 all-time
15.70
signature single · Toronto Open Summer 2014
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×315.7031.83
top 26.8%2,583 / 10,392
2×25.5910.21
top 46.4%3,310 / 7,173
Pyraminx20.9123.95
top 93.9%4,646 / 4,858

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

Battle of Waterloo 2014: 27.76Toronto Open Summer 2014: 15.7015.7027.7631 May 20149 Aug 2014

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.