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Ben Messabih
Pyraminx · top 9.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023MESS04
Ben Messabih has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.44, set at Don't Fail Kinsale 2024, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 132nd in Ireland. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2023, he has put 181 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.50 in July 2023 to 2.95, a 46% improvement. Ben has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.44 | 8.04 | top 9.9% | 132 / 911 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 4.44 | top 13.7% | 197 / 1,163 | |
| 3×3 | 16.78 | 18.45 | top 30.3% | 420 / 1,427 | |
| Clock | 11.09 | 12.37 | top 30.6% | 107 / 331 | |
| Skewb | 7.58 | 11.83 | top 38.1% | 248 / 624 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.50 | — | early days — 2 solves | 178 / 283 | |
| Square-1 | 39.23 | 51.93 | top 64.4% | 126 / 194 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.12 | — | early days — 3 solves | 257 / 448 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.18 | — | early days — 3 solves | 442 / 579 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.78 at Cork Spring 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Don't Fail Kinsale 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 27.21 at Don't Fail Kinsale 2023.
- 2 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Don't Fail Kinsale 2023.
- 7 Jul 2023First competition: Irish Championship 2023. A 32.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023
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.
- Conor Smith — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Oscar Green — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- William Carey — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.