People · New Zealand
Benjamin Agnew
Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015AGNE02
Benjamin Agnew has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at New Zealand Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in New Zealand. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2015, he has put 517 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.08 in September 2015 to 7.86, a 57% improvement. Benjamin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.28 | 3.34 | top 1.7% | 50 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 | 7.86 | 9.84 | top 2.5% | 81 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 2.76 | top 5.1% | 118 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 3.16 | 5.42 | top 5.8% | 55 / 666 | |
| Megaminx | 59.60 | 1:06.49 | top 9.8% | 46 / 283 | |
| 4×4 | 38.72 | 43.89 | top 10.6% | 90 / 722 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 31.67 | early days — 3 solves | 21 / 111 | |
| Square-1 | 14.16 | 18.16 | top 14.5% | 43 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.28 | 21.43 | top 15.8% | 101 / 600 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.32 | 1:18.77 | top 17.1% | 67 / 355 | |
| 7×7 | 3:34.99 | 4:03.17 | early days — 3 solves | 32 / 126 |
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
- 14 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2018.
- 1 Sep 2018Five personal bests in one day at Auckland Spring 2018.
- 8 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at New Zealand Nationals 2017.
- 8 Dec 2017Six personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2017.
- 30 Sep 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Hamilton Spring 2017.
- 3 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2016.
Competitions
- NxNZ 2019 · 26 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2018 · 14 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Auckland Spring 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Hamilton Spring 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Hamilton Winter 2016 · 31 Jul 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2015 · 6 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Hamilton Spring 2015 · 27 Sep 2015
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.
- Tom Stanton-Barnett — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
- Lucas O'Connell — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- James Macdiarmid — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.