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Ben Jackson

3×3 blindfolded · top 45.6% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021JACK01

Ben Jackson has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 2:37.30, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts him in the top 45.6% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 195th in Australia. Across 10 competitions since December 2021, he has put 218 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.54 in December 2021 to 24.26, a 21% improvement. Ben has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 45.6% of 12,178 all-time
2:37.30
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2024
218
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 blindfolded2:37.30
top 45.6%195 / 394
3×324.2629.96
top 51.0%5,318 / 11,709
Pyraminx11.0624.70
top 61.0%3,599 / 5,993
2×28.0411.45
top 68.0%5,557 / 8,567
4×41:36.52
top 68.3%1,976 / 3,051
5×53:00.03
top 78.1%1,118 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed57.18
top 82.2%2,078 / 2,659
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 22:31
early days — 2 solves159 / 180
6×65:35.88
early days — 1 solve557 / 641
Square-11:08.35
early days — 2 solves818 / 899
Clock34.67
early days — 3 solves978 / 1,095
4×4 blindfolded20:22.00
early days — 1 solve88 / 96
Megaminx4:03.98
early days — 3 solves1,224 / 1,277
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves62.00
top 91.3%418 / 468
Skewb21.6631.04
top 91.9%3,260 / 3,534
7×78:37.46
early days — 1 solve465 / 523

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

December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 30.54Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 33.09Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 26.88Melbourne Summer 2023: 35.36Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 26.87Melbourne Summer 2024: 29.51Don't Inverloch Up 2024: 24.26Solving In Sale 2024: 28.20Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 30.8124.2635.3628 Dec 202130 Nov 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-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 37.30 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.