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Ben Somera
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2026 · 2026SOME01
Ben Somera has been competing for 6 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.80, set at Guam Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,782nd in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since March 2026, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.80 | 11.06 | top 6.9% | 3,782 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 54.00 | 58.81 | top 29.5% | 4,622 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.53 | 6.71 | top 33.3% | 13,257 / 40,951 |
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 story so far
- 21 Mar 2026First competition: Guam Open 2026. A 9.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guam Open 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
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.
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Okazaki — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 4.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.