People · Australia
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:37.30 | — | top 45.6% | 195 / 394 | |
| 3×3 | 24.26 | 29.96 | top 51.0% | 5,318 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.06 | 24.70 | top 61.0% | 3,599 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 8.04 | 11.45 | top 68.0% | 5,557 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.52 | — | top 68.3% | 1,976 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 3:00.03 | — | top 78.1% | 1,118 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.18 | — | top 82.2% | 2,078 / 2,659 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 22:31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 159 / 180 | |
| 6×6 | 5:35.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 557 / 641 | |
| Square-1 | 1:08.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 818 / 899 | |
| Clock | 34.67 | — | early days — 3 solves | 978 / 1,095 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 20:22.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 88 / 96 | |
| Megaminx | 4:03.98 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,224 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | 62.00 | top 91.3% | 418 / 468 | |
| Skewb | 21.66 | 31.04 | top 91.9% | 3,260 / 3,534 | |
| 7×7 | 8:37.46 | — | early days — 1 solve | 465 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Don't Inverloch Up 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 26.88 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 15 Dec 2022Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 12 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2022.
- 28 Dec 2021First competition: December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021. A 30.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving In Sale 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021 · 28 Dec 2021
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.
- Swami Srinivasan — met in 99 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Tripodi — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead once
- Myles Jarman — met in 92 rounds, never finished ahead
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.