People · United Kingdom
Ben Ferguson
2×2 · top 5.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023FERG02
Ben Ferguson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Glasgow Spring 2023, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 407th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2023, he has put 152 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.64 in January 2023 to 15.90, a 64% improvement. Ben has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 5.71 | top 5.6% | 407 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.02 | 7.31 | top 7.8% | 307 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 | 15.90 | 18.19 | top 27.6% | 1,834 / 6,785 | |
| Skewb | 9.48 | 14.52 | top 51.7% | 1,235 / 2,439 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.70 | 1:39.18 | top 66.4% | 1,488 / 2,112 | |
| Clock | 26.11 | 31.41 | top 78.6% | 1,002 / 1,255 |
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
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 15.96 at Edinburgh Summer 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.96 at Edinburgh Summer 2023.
- 27 Jan 2023First competition: Glasgow Winter 2023. A 43.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025
- Edinburgh Summer Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Winter 2023 · 27 Jan 2023
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.
- Nicky Sim — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- William Gan Wei Ren (颜伟仁) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shiraz Malik — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.