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Ben Zwicky

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018ZWIC01

Ben Zwicky has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.18, set at Swisscubing Cup I 2020, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Switzerland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since May 2018, he has put 1,370 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.11 in May 2018 to 8.18, a 52% improvement. Ben has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.18
signature single · Swisscubing Cup I 2020
1,370
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
3×38.1810.05
top 3.1%39 / 1,197
2×21.753.21
top 3.3%50 / 913
Skewb2.654.20
top 3.5%20 / 388
4×433.8236.72
top 5.7%25 / 462
Pyraminx3.755.59
top 6.5%58 / 655
3×3 one-handed15.4520.75
top 9.1%39 / 367
5×51:08.211:15.47
top 10.4%25 / 266
Megaminx1:18.001:25.91
top 20.5%41 / 207
6×62:21.902:33.32
top 21.5%23 / 141
7×74:02.834:15.33
top 31.8%35 / 118
Square-129.6449.57
top 48.7%82 / 159

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

Zurich Open 2018: 17.11Swisscubing Better Be Quick 2018: 13.07Swisscubing Cup III 2018: 12.99Swiss Nationals 2018: 12.98Argovia Open 2018: 11.28Swiss Science Open 2018: 11.51Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 10.92Swisscubing Cup I 2019: 8.83Zentralschweiz 2019: 11.85Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 10.16Swisscubing Cup II 2019: 8.82Zurich Open 2019: 9.89Swiss Nationals 2019: 9.81Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 10.47LYN Cubing Days 2019: 10.78Swisscubing Cup IV 2019: 10.53Swiss Science Open 2019: 8.34Swisscubing Cup V 2019: 9.18Xlingen Open 2019: 8.72Swisscubing Cup Final 2019: 9.77Swisscubing Cup I 2020: 8.18Basel Open 2020: 9.328.1817.1112 May 201815 Feb 2020

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.