People · New Zealand
Ben Gorman
2×2 · top 12.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016GORM02
Ben Gorman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.85, set at SNZ Southern 2019, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 247th in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since July 2016, he has put 81 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:11.73 in July 2016 to 13.48, an 81% improvement. Ben has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 7.89 | top 12.6% | 247 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 13.48 | 17.57 | top 19.1% | 398 / 2,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.85 | 34.28 | top 28.4% | 154 / 600 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.12 | 14.23 | top 61.4% | 767 / 1,141 |
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
- 27 May 2023First sub-30 3×3: 14.60 at Cashmere Open 2023.
- 27 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.60 at Cashmere Open 2023.
- 27 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.60 at Cashmere Open 2023.
- 30 Mar 2019First sub-60 3×3: 36.59 at SNZ Southern 2019.
- 31 Jul 2016First competition: Hamilton Winter 2016. A 1:11.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lyttelton Summer 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cashmere Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019 · 28 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SNZ Southern 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Great South Open 2016 · 22 Oct 2016
- Hamilton Winter 2016 · 31 Jul 2016
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.
- Oliver Jenks — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jasper Murray — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.