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Ben Hart

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012HART02

Ben Hart has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.46, set at ODU Big Blue Winter 2024, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,144th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since July 2012, he has put 715 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% 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 42.91 in July 2012 to 7.46, an 83% improvement. Ben has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.46
signature single · ODU Big Blue Winter 2024
715
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.468.70
top 1.9%1,144 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.0317.27
top 6.2%852 / 15,683
4×435.3437.73
top 7.0%1,086 / 19,072
5×51:03.301:06.59
top 7.4%582 / 9,401
2×23.053.70
top 14.8%5,810 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.7112.82
top 50.7%14,739 / 28,708
Skewb10.4218.53
top 57.6%10,501 / 18,907
Megaminx3:22.11—
early days — 3 solves6,470 / 7,841
6×65:12.66—
early days — 1 solve3,391 / 4,196
7×78:11.43—
early days — 2 solves2,885 / 3,184

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

Raleigh Open 2012: 42.91Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012: 32.09Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 29.09Raleigh Open 2013: 18.15World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 16.87Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 17.00US Nationals 2014: 17.72River Hill Summer 2014: 14.44Virginia Open Fall 2014: 13.06Charlotte Open Fall 2014: 11.40River Hill Winter 2015: 11.68Virginia Open Spring 2015: 12.00US Nationals 2015: 11.68Virginia Open Fall 2015: 11.91Virginia Open Spring 2016: 12.37Duke Summer 2016: 11.07Discovery Place 2016: 9.37Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 10.54TJHSST Fall 2016: 9.95Virginia Open Winter 2017: 10.63Music City Speedsolving 2017: 7.93Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017: 9.86CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 9.45Pennsylvania 2018: 9.36Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019: 8.53Gobbler Cube Day Fall 2019: 10.16Kentucky Horse Park 2023: 8.03ODU Big Blue Winter 2024: 7.467.4642.9121 Jul 201217 Feb 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.