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Ben Madison

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016MADI02

Ben Madison has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.94, set at Pickering B 2023, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 127th in Canada. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since December 2016, he has put 931 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.06 in December 2016 to 6.94, a 69% improvement. Ben has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.94
signature single · Pickering B 2023
931
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×36.9410.26
top 1.3%127 / 10,392
2×22.072.77
top 5.2%322 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed15.2418.58
top 8.6%189 / 2,620
Pyraminx4.287.10
top 9.1%327 / 4,858
4×444.0152.09
top 17.1%432 / 3,118
Skewb5.207.59
top 19.7%451 / 2,907
5×51:41.632:04.30
top 36.6%454 / 1,499
Megaminx1:52.402:03.29
top 41.7%453 / 1,375
Square-130.3632.36
top 50.0%434 / 952
6×64:29.564:37.80
top 74.5%435 / 665
Clock25.4852.83
top 77.6%787 / 1,029
3×3 blindfolded5:22.04—
early days — 1 solve292 / 351
7×77:42.918:09.19
early days — 3 solves413 / 503

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

Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 22.06Montreal Open Winter 2017: 16.65National Capital Region 2017: 13.92Newmarket Open 2017: 12.33Canadian Open 2017: 14.42Michigan 2017: 11.39Pickering 2017: 11.59Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 11.81Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 10.73Pickering Spring 2018: 11.16Niagara Select 2018: 10.06Battle of Waterloo 2018: 12.16Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 9.26Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 11.35Battle of Waterloo 2019: 11.64Richmond Hill 2022: 10.35Ajax NxNxN 2022: 10.42Pickering B 2023: 6.94Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 8.89Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 9.88Appleby Summer B 2023: 9.03Ajax 3x3x3 Morning 2023: 8.57NCR Favourites 2023: 8.57Appleby Fall B 2023: 10.56Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023: 10.84Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023: 9.45Ottawa Mini Winter B 2025: 8.93Championnat Canadien 2025: 8.60Ottawa Side Events A 2025: 10.73Waterloo Fall 2025: 9.01Waterloo Spring 2026: 8.676.9422.0610 Dec 201630 May 2026

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 0.94 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.