People · United Kingdom
Ben Patterson
3×3 · top 16.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023PATT15
Ben Patterson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.57, set at Bristol Winter 2024, puts him in the top 16.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,103rd in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 102 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Ben has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.57 | 14.55 | top 16.0% | 1,103 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.56 | 9.08 | top 32.6% | 1,322 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 58.44 | 1:11.21 | top 34.9% | 787 / 2,112 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.33 | 1:56.31 | top 37.8% | 438 / 998 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.05 | 1:59.33 | top 42.0% | 533 / 1,167 | |
| 2×2 | 5.58 | 6.72 | top 46.3% | 2,460 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:43.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 285 / 315 |
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
- 22 Jul 2023First competition: Stevenage July 2023. A 15.64 3×3 single to start from.
- 22 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.97 at Stevenage July 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2023.
Competitions
- Bristol August 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Thomas Patterson — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Devere — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oliver Wheat — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.