People · Canada
Benjamin Abbott
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023ABBO02
Benjamin Abbott has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.88, set at Ottawa Mini Winter C 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 257th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2023, he has put 275 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.58 in May 2023 to 7.88, a 65% improvement. Benjamin has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.88 | 10.66 | top 2.6% | 257 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.80 | 15.14 | top 4.1% | 93 / 2,620 | |
| 2×2 | 2.82 | 3.97 | top 12.2% | 816 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.13 | 8.78 | top 14.0% | 550 / 4,858 | |
| Square-1 | 14.80 | 22.20 | top 16.0% | 134 / 952 | |
| Megaminx | 1:15.04 | 1:20.33 | top 18.7% | 172 / 1,375 | |
| 4×4 | 48.42 | 55.02 | top 22.7% | 582 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.40 | 1:50.41 | top 27.7% | 335 / 1,499 | |
| Clock | 14.25 | 16.53 | top 44.9% | 400 / 1,029 | |
| 6×6 | 4:12.67 | 4:32.56 | top 69.6% | 405 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 7:13.97 | 7:47.62 | early days — 3 solves | 389 / 503 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Ottawa Summer 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Carleton Place Summer 2024.
- 4 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Ottawa Spring 2024.
- 17 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.88 at NCR Favourites 2023.
- 17 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.88 at NCR Favourites 2023.
- 17 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at NCR Favourites 2023.
Competitions
- Open de Gatineau 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Mini Winter C 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Fall C 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Favourites 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Summer 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Carleton Place Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Pas de 3x3 à Gatineau 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- National Capital Region A 2023 · 6 May 2023
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.
- Breton MacDonald — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Jonathan Proulx — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.