People · Canada
Ben Hewis
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023HEWI01
Ben Hewis has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.48, set at Carleton Place Summer 2024, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 821st in Canada. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2023, he has put 174 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.00 in April 2023 to 10.48, a 45% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.48 | 11.28 | top 8.9% | 821 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.16 | 8.00 | top 14.2% | 563 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 4.36 | top 17.4% | 1,174 / 7,173 | |
| Square-1 | 17.63 | 25.12 | top 22.5% | 184 / 952 | |
| 4×4 | 51.08 | 1:01.83 | top 26.0% | 663 / 3,118 | |
| Clock | 11.74 | 14.21 | top 33.7% | 302 / 1,029 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.26 | 1:58.53 | top 38.8% | 410 / 1,375 | |
| Skewb | 7.81 | 10.43 | top 39.8% | 1,001 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.79 | 30.15 | top 43.9% | 996 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 862 / 1,499 |
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
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Carleton Place Summer 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Greater Toronto 2024.
- 1 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023.
- 1 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Michigan 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Newmarket Favourites 2023. A 19.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Carleton Place Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Scarborough Fall B 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Appleby Summer B 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Newmarket Favourites 2023 · 15 Apr 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.
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roan Paone — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.