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Benjamin Cole Hammer
2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022HAMM10
Benjamin Cole Hammer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,791st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2022, he has put 74 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.80 in September 2022 to 16.63, a 38% improvement. Benjamin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 1.96 | 6.98 | top 4.5% | 1,791 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.62 | 9.15 | top 24.8% | 6,765 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 16.63 | 20.32 | top 29.8% | 16,380 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 10.27 | 12.62 | top 56.5% | 10,295 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 40.31 | 50.00 | top 65.8% | 4,322 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,412 / 19,072 |
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
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.64 at Concordia Turning 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Get to the Point 2022. A 26.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Swallow Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Concordia Turning 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Get to the Point 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Stambaugh — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.