People · Canada
Ben McDormand
Pyraminx · top 21.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024MCDO04
Ben McDormand has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.24, set at Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024, puts him in the top 21.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 921st in Canada. Across 10 competitions since February 2024, he has put 249 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.35 in February 2024 to 14.67, a 48% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.24 | 9.15 | top 21.8% | 921 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 14.67 | 20.80 | top 23.3% | 2,232 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 6.06 | top 24.6% | 1,661 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.60 | 1:11.75 | top 43.6% | 1,176 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.02 | 2:18.77 | top 43.6% | 477 / 1,375 | |
| Skewb | 9.81 | 13.94 | top 53.7% | 1,481 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.76 | 46.33 | top 60.4% | 1,438 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.28 | — | top 60.7% | 800 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 4:56.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 487 / 665 | |
| Square-1 | 1:06.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 815 / 952 | |
| 7×7 | 7:54.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 420 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Battle of Alberta 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Battle of Alberta 2025.
- 3 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.27 at Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 3 Jan 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Canadian Prairie Championship 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at New to Sherwood Park 2024.
Competitions
- Edmonton Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- New to Edmonton B 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Alberta 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025 · 3 Jan 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New to Sherwood Park 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle of Alberta 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
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.
- Benjamin Ragan — met in 63 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hugo Levancic Seiler — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Griffin Clem — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.