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Benjamin Chu
2×2 · top 6.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012CHUB01
Benjamin Chu has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at Berkeley Mind Sports 2014, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,720th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2012, he has put 314 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.97 in November 2012 to 10.52, a 47% improvement. Benjamin has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 2.28 | 5.64 | top 6.9% | 2,720 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.52 | 14.26 | top 9.0% | 4,931 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.05 | 22.74 | top 15.2% | 1,966 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 53.96 | 1:03.37 | top 29.5% | 4,612 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.49 | 3:19.29 | top 65.9% | 5,744 / 9,401 |
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
- 2 Nov 2013Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2013.
- 27 Apr 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.80 at Berkeley Spring 2013.
- 17 Nov 2012First competition: Berkeley Autumn 2012. A 19.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2015 · 12 Apr 2015
- Berkeley Winter 2015 · 21 Feb 2015
- Berkeley Fall 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014 · 2 Nov 2014
- Berkeley Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2014 · 19 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Mind Sports 2014 · 16 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2014 · 1 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2013 · 2 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2013 · 27 Apr 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2013 · 9 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Autumn 2012 · 17 Nov 2012
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.
- Ryan Jew — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mitchell Lane — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Riley Woo — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.