People · Canada
Ben Price
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022PRIC01
Ben Price has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Waterloo Favourites A 2023, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 384th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 162 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.62 in May 2022 to 8.62, a 26% improvement. Ben has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.62 | 10.73 | top 4.0% | 384 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.25 | top 7.7% | 500 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 41.47 | 47.47 | top 13.9% | 350 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.07 | 26.30 | top 26.3% | 566 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.35 | 1:54.45 | top 34.9% | 436 / 1,499 |
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
- 26 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Oakville Fall A 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Battle of Waterloo 2022.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Oshawa Favourites 2022. A 11.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Winter B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Hill 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- 3x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Oshawa Favourites 2022 · 7 May 2022
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.
- Brennen Lin — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cillian Hughes — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ray Vince Ong — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.