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Ben Popple

3×3 · top 77.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017POPP01

Ben Popple has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 40.17, set at Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017, puts him in the top 77.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47,030th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since April 2017, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.34 in April 2017 to 40.17, a 15% improvement. Ben has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 77.1% of 284,439 all-time
40.17
signature single · Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×340.1742.20
top 77.1%47,030 / 59,724
2×212.2715.39
top 85.1%35,361 / 40,951
Pyraminx19.7829.44
top 92.6%27,131 / 28,708

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

Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 47.34Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017: 40.1740.1747.3429 Apr 20179 Jun 2017

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.