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Ben MacGregor

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015MACG02

Ben MacGregor has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,452nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since April 2015, he has put 507 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.48 in April 2015 to 7.83, a 73% improvement. Ben has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.83
signature single · Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023
507
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.838.54
top 2.5%1,452 / 59,724
4×431.6634.42
top 3.9%635 / 19,072
5×51:03.241:12.13
top 7.3%576 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed15.0918.59
top 8.3%1,101 / 15,683
2×22.684.32
top 10.7%4,215 / 40,951
6×62:02.902:10.62
top 12.2%440 / 4,196
Skewb4.288.21
top 12.9%1,996 / 18,907
Megaminx1:09.081:17.80
top 15.1%1,028 / 7,841
Pyraminx5.887.58
top 19.1%5,091 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 2 solves507 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded2:08.26—
top 36.2%758 / 2,092
Square-131.5840.50
top 52.4%3,435 / 6,743

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

Virginia Open Spring 2015: 29.48Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 22.10Virginia Open Fall 2015: 12.57Virginia Open Spring 2016: 11.25Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 12.32Rockville Winter 2017: 11.07Virginia Open Winter 2017: 11.43NovaCube 2017: 10.77Rally In The Valley 2017: 10.91Northern Neck Winter 2018: 8.81Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 9.46NovaCube 2018: 9.60Rally In The Valley 2018: 9.17RVAutumn 2018: 8.64Northern Neck Winter 2019: 8.31Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023: 7.83CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.237.8329.4811 Apr 201527 Jul 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.