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Ben Russell

3×3 · top 34.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022RUSS03

Ben Russell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.99, set at Appleby Winter A 2023, puts him in the top 34.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,347th in Canada. Across 5 competitions since May 2022, he has put 39 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.94 in May 2022 to 17.99, a 51% improvement. Ben has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.1% of 284,439 all-time
17.99
signature single · Appleby Winter A 2023
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×317.9924.10
top 34.1%3,347 / 10,392
2×24.5910.73
top 34.1%2,340 / 7,173
Pyraminx10.6316.57
top 57.8%2,814 / 4,858

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

Oshawa Favourites 2022: 36.943x3x3 Only Hamilton A 2022: 29.75Oakville Fall A 2022: 20.02Appleby Winter A 2023: 17.99London Winter A 2023: 19.7917.9936.947 May 202225 Feb 2023

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.99 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.