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Ben Garcia

3×3 · top 15.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015GARC02

Ben Garcia has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.49, set at SoCal Supercomp 2016, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,342nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2015, he has put 59 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.31 in February 2015 to 12.49, a 41% improvement. Ben has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.6% of 284,439 all-time
12.49
signature single · SoCal Supercomp 2016
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.4914.98
top 15.6%8,342 / 59,724
2×23.375.69
top 18.6%7,294 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed43.8346.20
top 70.3%10,097 / 15,683

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

St. Francis Winter Open 2015: 21.31Caltech Winter Open 2015: 20.73Caltech Fall 2015: 16.15St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 13.99SoCal Supercomp 2016: 12.4912.4921.311 Feb 20159 Jul 2016

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.