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Ben Hamilton

2×2 · top 33.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013HAMI01

Ben Hamilton has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.51, set at Melbourne Summer 2020, puts him in the top 33.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,595th in Australia. Across 12 competitions since September 2013, he has put 174 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.11 in September 2013 to 23.86, a 54% improvement. Ben has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 33.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.51
signature single · Melbourne Summer 2020
174
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×24.517.15
top 33.0%2,595 / 8,567
3×323.8631.07
top 50.0%5,203 / 11,709
Skewb11.6019.16
top 64.0%2,136 / 3,534
Pyraminx12.2215.60
top 68.6%4,141 / 5,993

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

Australian Nationals 2013: 52.11Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 49.93Melbourne Winter 2014: 50.91Melbourne Cube Day 2014: 1:01.03Australian Nationals 2015: 55.08Cubing Classic 2016: 36.81Australian Nationals 2017: 39.01Horsham Winter 2018: 34.91St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 38.69Horsham 2019: 35.64Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 27.98Melbourne Summer 2020: 23.8623.861:01.037 Sep 201325 Jan 2020

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.