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Ben Weber

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015WEBE03

Ben Weber has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Sharon Summer 2017, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,536th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2015, he has put 627 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.38 in October 2015 to 8.87, a 42% improvement. Ben has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.87
signature single · Sharon Summer 2017
627
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.8711.73
top 4.6%2,536 / 59,724
2×22.974.67
top 13.9%5,459 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed18.4429.58
top 16.3%2,099 / 15,683
4×449.0059.52
top 23.5%3,574 / 19,072
5×51:36.061:50.99
top 32.3%2,562 / 9,401
Skewb7.148.85
top 34.7%5,876 / 18,907
Pyraminx8.6310.27
top 41.6%11,929 / 28,708
Square-129.9138.59
top 49.2%3,218 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded4:54.87—
early days — 2 solves1,623 / 2,092

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

Lexington Fall 2015: 15.38Northeastern Fall 2015: 15.85MIT Fall 2015: 15.45Williams Winter 2016: 13.36Melrose Winter 2016: 13.94Weston Spring 2016: 12.04MIT Spring 2016: 15.75Northeastern Spring 2016: 14.18Lexington Summer 2016: 13.21Quabbin Open 2016: 13.08Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 13.03South Berwick Open 2016: 11.95Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 10.84Weston Spring 2017: 11.68Maybe Melrose Spring 2017: 12.11CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.92Sharon Summer 2017: 8.87Cubing with the Viking 2017: 10.76Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 10.44BU Spring 2018: 11.10CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 9.24Connect Community 2018: 9.948.8715.8524 Oct 20158 Sep 2018

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.

  • Alex Cohen — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
  • Jason Bilgrei — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Sam Schultz — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 11 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.