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Ben van Dijk

3×3 · top 60.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016DIJK01

Ben van Dijk has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.71, set at Cape Town 2016, puts him in the top 60.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 999th in South Africa. Across 1 competition since December 2016, he has put 30 official solves on the record across four events.

3×3
best event — top 60.2% of 284,439 all-time
28.71
signature single · Cape Town 2016
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×328.7136.15
top 60.2%999 / 2,164
2×28.0912.13
top 68.4%814 / 1,510
Pyraminx15.0421.09
top 82.0%730 / 946
3×3 one-handed2:10.732:33.55
top 98.6%448 / 467

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

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.71 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.