People · United States
Ben Hogan
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017HOGA01
Ben Hogan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Respect Kansas 2018, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,684th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2017, he has put 478 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.90 in April 2017 to 8.10, a 55% improvement. Ben has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.10 | 11.04 | top 3.0% | 1,684 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.97 | 3.23 | top 4.5% | 1,814 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.29 | 5.99 | top 6.5% | 1,007 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.06 | 5.69 | top 8.0% | 2,038 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 42.73 | 49.22 | top 15.4% | 2,324 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 15.05 | 21.96 | top 16.6% | 1,123 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.64 | 1:30.65 | top 22.9% | 1,784 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.52 | 26.41 | top 30.2% | 3,906 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 11.15 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,408 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 2:48.80 | 3:00.56 | top 35.5% | 1,274 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:43.97 | 4:56.62 | top 45.8% | 1,332 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 2:24.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,418 / 7,841 |
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
- 3 Nov 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.10 at Respect Kansas 2018.
- 3 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Respect Kansas 2018.
- 29 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at BarbeCubing Fall 2018.
- 1 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at Oklahoma Fall 2018.
- 4 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.53 at KCubing Fall 2017.
- 4 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at KCubing Fall 2017.
Competitions
- Cube Even More in Wichita 2022 · 2 Oct 2022
- Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- OU Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- BarbeCubing Spring 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Oklahoma Spring 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansas Cubing Drive 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Respect Kansas 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- BarbeCubing Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- KCubing Fall 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Overland Park Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Aaron Huynh — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- David Woner — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.