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Ben Lawler

3×3 · top 37.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LAWL01

Ben Lawler has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.18, set at Puget Sound Winter 2017, puts him in the top 37.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,207th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 43 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.12 in May 2016 to 19.18, a 36% improvement. Ben has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.6% of 284,439 all-time
19.18
signature single · Puget Sound Winter 2017
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.1825.29
top 37.6%21,207 / 59,724
2×29.6611.49
top 76.6%31,725 / 40,951
Pyraminx13.8215.82
top 77.0%22,784 / 28,708

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

Rose City 2016: 30.12Atomic Cubing Summer 2016: 24.95Puget Sound Winter 2017: 19.18Atomic Fools 2017: 20.3619.1830.1221 May 20161 Apr 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.18 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.