People · Republic of Korea
Banseok Peter Knapp
2×2 · top 6.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024KNAP02
Banseok Peter Knapp has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Concordia Turning Winter 2026, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 180th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2024, he has put 218 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Banseok 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 | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 3.15 | top 6.4% | 180 / 2,334 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.08 | 6.81 | top 8.1% | 134 / 1,294 | |
| Skewb | 4.49 | 7.48 | top 14.4% | 156 / 874 | |
| 3×3 | 12.82 | 14.60 | top 16.9% | 954 / 4,390 | |
| Clock | 9.67 | 11.35 | top 23.4% | 157 / 541 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.20 | 31.18 | top 32.1% | 425 / 981 | |
| Square-1 | 28.05 | 35.65 | top 45.8% | 212 / 383 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.32 | 1:34.17 | top 57.9% | 935 / 1,316 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at St. Louis Spring 2025.
- 10 Aug 2024First competition: Land of Lincoln 2024. A 14.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Georgia Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- St. Louis Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
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.
- Garrett Hadaway — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chris Yeager — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elliott Perkins — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.