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AJ Bennett

3×3 · top 43.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016BENN01

AJ Bennett has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.10, set at Slow N Steady Fall 2016, puts him in the top 43.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,629th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2016, he has put 35 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.75 in January 2016 to 21.10, a 54% improvement. AJ has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 43.0% of 284,439 all-time
21.10
signature single · Slow N Steady Fall 2016
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.1025.74
top 43.0%24,629 / 59,724
Skewb9.4222.09
top 51.3%9,197 / 18,907
2×26.958.89
top 60.0%24,627 / 40,951
4×41:45.07
early days — 1 solve13,396 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed51.97
early days — 1 solve11,536 / 15,683

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

Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 45.75Severna Park Spring 2016: 26.63Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 27.07Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 21.10Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 23.4721.1045.7530 Jan 20162 Apr 2017

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.

  • Dana Yi — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Corey Sakowski — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Dan Selzer — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.