People · Australia
Ben Jantke
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021JANT01
Ben Jantke has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.95, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 447th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2021, he has put 306 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.53 in January 2021 to 8.95, a 46% improvement. Ben has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.95 | 10.41 | top 4.8% | 447 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.32 | 7.07 | top 9.3% | 431 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 4.00 | top 9.8% | 758 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 4.24 | 6.48 | top 12.6% | 333 / 3,589 | |
| Square-1 | 16.87 | 23.12 | top 20.7% | 207 / 920 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.59 | 28.35 | top 33.2% | 766 / 2,685 | |
| 4×4 | 57.46 | 1:05.30 | top 33.8% | 894 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:59.70 | — | top 52.3% | 247 / 399 |
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
- 28 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Queensland Open 2023.
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 2 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Brisbane Autumn 2022.
- 14 Jan 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.64 at Tassie Summer - Sorell 2022.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Autumn 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Tassie Summer - Sorell 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Brisbane Is Back On 2021 · 16 Jan 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.
- Toby Seufert — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jamie Otsu — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.