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Ben Riley

2×2 · top 25.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016RILE01

Ben Riley has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.93, set at Virginia Open Spring 2016, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,051st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since April 2016, he has put 26 official solves on the record across four events. Ben has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 25.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.93
signature single · Virginia Open Spring 2016
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.936.54
top 25.6%10,051 / 40,951
7×74:41.945:01.75
early days — 3 solves1,307 / 3,184
3×324.2725.63
top 51.0%29,777 / 59,724
4×41:14.831:31.62
top 51.4%8,687 / 19,072

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

Virginia Open Spring 2016: 3.93Rally in the Valley 2019: 5.203.935.202 Apr 201627 Jul 2019

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-3:00 7×7 single — 1,507 people have one; it is 1:41.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.