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Benjamin Avila Gaona

3×3 · top 13.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011GAON01

Benjamin Avila Gaona has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.81, set at Goku Open 2013, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 724th in Mexico. Across 7 competitions since August 2011, he has put 285 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.80 in August 2011 to 11.81, a 40% improvement. Benjamin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.81
signature single · Goku Open 2013
285
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×311.8114.67
top 13.2%724 / 4,263
Pyraminx6.139.02
top 21.0%522 / 2,003
Megaminx1:28.001:43.14
top 26.9%299 / 1,042
3×3 one-handed25.1133.33
top 34.5%623 / 1,672
4×458.611:07.31
top 35.0%786 / 1,845
2×24.666.77
top 35.0%1,231 / 3,018
Square-129.6337.62
top 48.7%229 / 516
3×3 blindfolded3:24.72
top 59.5%119 / 251
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves
early days — 1 solve238 / 317
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 13:38
early days — 1 solve81 / 87

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

Cubic City 2011: 19.80León Winter 2011: 13.72Metepec Open 2012: 13.27Kuikuiltik 2012: 15.47Goku Open 2013: 11.81Fénix 2014: 13.08SIGI 2014: 14.2211.8119.8027 Aug 201126 Apr 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.