People · United States
Benjamin Bynum
2×2 · top 12.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015BYNU01
Benjamin Bynum has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.87, set at Maryland 2017, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,017th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2015, he has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 25% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.37 in July 2015 to 2.87, a 69% improvement. Benjamin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 2.87 | 5.26 | top 12.8% | 5,017 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.78 | 17.09 | top 16.5% | 2,612 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 16.53 | 19.78 | top 29.5% | 16,192 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.12 | 12.26 | top 45.9% | 13,196 / 28,708 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.53 at ODU Big Blue Fall 2017.
- 31 Jul 2015First competition: US Nationals 2015.
Competitions
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Open Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 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.
- Maggie Jordan — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ankush Hommerich-Dutt — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Corey Sakowski — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.