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Ben Schneider

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016SCHN08

Ben Schneider has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at Cubetcha 2016, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,814th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2016, he has put 29 official solves on the record across four events. Ben has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.97
signature single · Cubetcha 2016
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.974.99
top 4.5%1,814 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.6515.07
top 25.0%6,829 / 28,708
3×322.1533.43
top 45.8%26,453 / 59,724
Skewb9.5613.01
top 52.2%9,391 / 18,907

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 story so far

  • 5 Nov 2016First competition: Cubetcha 2016. A 22.15 3×3 single to start from.

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.