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Ben White

2×2 · top 18.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016WHIT05

Ben White has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Grind City 2018, puts him in the top 18.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,342nd in the United States. Across 27 competitions since April 2016, he has put 537 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.79 in April 2016 to 13.68, a 49% improvement. Ben has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.38
signature single · Grind City 2018
537
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.386.19
top 18.7%7,342 / 40,951
3×313.6815.50
top 19.8%10,673 / 59,724
4×452.671:02.60
top 28.0%4,334 / 19,072
Pyraminx7.5314.90
top 32.3%9,043 / 28,708
5×51:44.091:49.91
top 38.4%3,079 / 9,401
7×75:03.775:18.97
top 51.7%1,506 / 3,184
6×63:24.363:47.87
top 52.5%1,973 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed33.5242.97
top 54.4%7,552 / 15,683
Clock20.5424.96
top 66.3%5,686 / 8,927
Skewb12.1717.05
top 66.8%12,492 / 18,907
Megaminx3:48.12
early days — 2 solves7,067 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded9:17.89
early days — 1 solve2,048 / 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

ODU Big Blue Spring 2016: 26.79Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 25.31AZCubing Summer 2016: 17.56Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 22.47Severna Park Fall 2016: 18.13TJHSST Fall 2016: 18.35ODU Big Blue Winter 2016: 18.90Rockville Winter 2017: 19.05Crossroads Cubing 2017: 19.59Virginia Open Winter 2017: 18.38ODU Big Blue Spring 2017: 17.05Virginia Open Spring 2017: 15.36Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 14.16NovaCube 2017: 18.22EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 17.47Severna Park Summer 2017: 17.05Rally In The Valley 2017: 15.11ODU Big Blue Fall 2017: 14.27Gobbler Cube Day 2017: 14.85TJHSST Fall 2017: 18.74Grind City 2018: 16.54ODU Big Blue Spring 2018: 13.68River Hill Spring 2018: 15.56RVA Spring 2018: 17.47Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018: 14.9713.6826.7923 Apr 201621 Jul 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.