People · Canada
Ben Snyder
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SNYD03
Ben Snyder has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.76, set at Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers B 2024, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 415th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2022, he has put 211 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.35 in October 2022 to 8.76, a 61% improvement. Ben has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.76 | 10.37 | top 4.3% | 415 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.87 | 7.52 | top 19.0% | 776 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 3.62 | 4.48 | top 21.7% | 1,452 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.16 | 1:10.92 | top 39.8% | 1,072 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.88 | 2:13.49 | top 47.9% | 540 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,537 / 2,620 | |
| Skewb | 11.75 | 16.57 | top 64.8% | 1,827 / 2,907 |
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
- 24 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.76 at Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers B 2024.
- 24 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Appleby Fall B 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 13.27 at Appleby Winter A 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.27 at Appleby Winter A 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First competition: Ajax NxNxN 2022. A 22.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Scarborough Fall A 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Fall B 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Newmarket 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Favourites 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Winter A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 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.
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Prosper Huang — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Nieuwland — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.