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Ben Saperstein

3×3 · top 0.67% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019SAPE03

Ben Saperstein has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.28, set at Chicagoland Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 0.67% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 442nd in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since November 2019, he has put 873 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.25 in November 2019 to 6.28, a 53% improvement. Ben has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.67% of 284,439 all-time
6.28
signature single · Chicagoland Newcomers 2025
873
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.288.15
top 0.67%442 / 59,724
4×428.4134.09
top 2.0%326 / 19,072
2×21.572.87
top 2.5%970 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed12.1715.99
top 3.2%494 / 15,683
5×51:02.711:08.29
top 7.0%562 / 9,401
Skewb3.477.73
top 7.5%1,171 / 18,907
Megaminx1:04.711:12.83
top 12.5%853 / 7,841
Pyraminx4.928.27
top 12.7%3,303 / 28,708
7×73:26.723:43.54
top 18.6%528 / 3,184
6×62:18.012:24.96
top 19.5%690 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded1:21.32—
top 20.0%396 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 1 solve879 / 2,040

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

Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 13.25Imagination Station 2020: 9.63Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 12.29Port Huron Speedcubing 2022: 8.26Washtenaw Winter 2023: 7.76Washtenaw Spring B 2023: 7.44Michigan Mini 4 2023: 7.59Michigan Mini 5 2023: 6.88Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 7.88Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023: 7.88Evanston Summer Big Cubes 2023: 6.85Michigan Mini 7 2023: 7.53Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023: 7.66Michigan Mini 8 2023: 7.57Michigan Mini 10 2023: 6.70Washtenaw Autumn 2023: 7.14Michigan Mini 12 2023: 7.94Michigan Mini 15 2024: 7.07Washtenaw Newcomers 2024: 6.82Washtenaw Spring 2024: 7.49Chicagoland Newcomers 2025: 6.28Michigan Mini 34 2025: 7.56Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025: 7.846.2813.2516 Nov 20196 Dec 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.