People · Australia
Gabriel Ben
2×2 · top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019BENG01
Gabriel Ben has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Harold Park Classic 2019, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 353rd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2019, he has put 137 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.75 in February 2019 to 12.07, an 18% improvement. Gabriel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 4.72 | top 4.6% | 353 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 12.07 | 13.52 | top 14.1% | 1,246 / 11,709 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.76 | 1:15.33 | top 14.3% | 174 / 1,277 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.34 | 8.07 | top 15.4% | 744 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.70 | 29.72 | top 22.4% | 508 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 52.69 | 1:03.19 | top 28.0% | 734 / 3,051 | |
| Square-1 | 21.48 | 28.74 | top 31.3% | 305 / 899 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.04 | 1:46.15 | top 31.5% | 424 / 1,356 | |
| Skewb | 8.92 | 12.25 | top 47.9% | 1,516 / 3,534 | |
| 6×6 | 3:51.12 | — | early days — 1 solve | 387 / 641 |
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
- 10 Feb 2019First competition: Cool Down Sydney 2019. A 14.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fortitude Sydney 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Harold Park Classic 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Down Sydney 2019 · 10 Feb 2019
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.
- Sam van Vliet — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Sora Sato — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Timothy Loh — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.