People · United States
Ben Pennington
2×2 · top 19.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017PENN01
Ben Pennington has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.41, set at BarbeCubing 2018, puts him in the top 19.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,489th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2017, he has put 95 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.79 in January 2017 to 15.11, a 34% improvement. Ben has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 5.70 | top 19.1% | 7,489 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.99 | 10.04 | top 19.9% | 5,336 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 15.11 | 18.12 | top 24.8% | 13,485 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.98 | 1:22.63 | top 47.8% | 7,982 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 9.19 | 13.06 | top 49.7% | 8,887 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,086 / 7,841 |
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 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cubing 4 Kids 2018.
- 4 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.04 at KCubing Winter 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at KCubing Winter 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017First competition: Marrs Mixup Winter 2017. A 22.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BarbeCubing 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing 4 Kids 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Overland Park Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- KCubing Winter 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrs Mixup Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
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.
- Will Wooden — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- David Woner — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vinny Bruno — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.