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Ben Newton

2×2 · top 60.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021NEWT01

Ben Newton has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.97, set at A New Year in Hamilton 2023, puts him in the top 60.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,005th in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since March 2021, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.40 in March 2021 to 6.97, a 39% improvement. Ben has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 60.2% of 186,767 all-time
6.97
signature single · A New Year in Hamilton 2023
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×26.9711.65
top 60.2%1,005 / 1,615
3×331.2436.79
top 64.7%1,384 / 2,095
Pyraminx15.0022.64
top 81.8%976 / 1,141

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

Twisty Taranaki 2021: 11.40A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 6.976.9711.4020 Mar 202128 Jan 2023

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.