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Benson Van Haeren

3×3 · top 67.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022HAER01

Benson Van Haeren has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.82, set at Waterloo Winter 2025, puts him in the top 67.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,218th in Canada. Across 2 competitions since August 2022, he has put 26 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.43 in August 2022 to 32.82, a 31% improvement. Benson has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 67.2% of 284,439 all-time
32.82
signature single · Waterloo Winter 2025
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×332.8237.91
top 67.2%7,218 / 10,392
Pyraminx12.2215.89
top 68.6%3,400 / 4,858
2×218.0220.56
top 94.0%6,854 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed2:33.95
early days — 2 solves2,589 / 2,620

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

Battle of Waterloo 2022: 47.43Waterloo Winter 2025: 32.8232.8247.4320 Aug 202225 Jan 2025

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.82 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.