People · Hungary
Benedek Hirth
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022BENE01
Benedek Hirth has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Budapest ReOpen 2022, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Hungary. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 313 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.18 in May 2022 to 7.96, a 22% improvement. Benedek has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hungary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.44 | 3.06 | top 1.9% | 36 / 919 | |
| 3×3 | 7.96 | 10.12 | top 2.7% | 40 / 1,226 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.91 | 7.77 | top 12.6% | 88 / 495 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.88 | 26.55 | top 22.9% | 122 / 445 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.10 | 1:11.74 | top 44.0% | 238 / 509 | |
| Skewb | 18.01 | 32.74 | top 86.2% | 302 / 324 | |
| 5×5 | 3:42.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 284 / 315 | |
| Clock | 35.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 164 / 185 | |
| Square-1 | 1:48.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 159 / 167 |
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
- 19 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.18 at German Nationals 2022.
- 19 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2022.
- 21 May 2022First competition: Ponikva Open 2022. A 10.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Budapest Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Open 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- Slovenian Nationals 2023 · 25 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ponikva Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Budapest ReOpen 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slovenian Nationals 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ponikva Open 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Marcel Ručigaj — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bálint Csengő — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Szabolcs Szántai — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.