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Benjamin Cook

2×2 · top 34.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023COOK15

Benjamin Cook has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.61, set at DuPage Winter 2024, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,688th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2023, he has put 69 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.98 in October 2023 to 34.34, a 12% improvement. Benjamin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 34.4% of 186,767 all-time
4.61
signature single · DuPage Winter 2024
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.6111.01
top 34.4%13,688 / 40,951
Skewb10.6923.60
top 59.1%10,845 / 18,907
3×334.3437.82
top 69.5%42,028 / 59,724

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

Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 38.98DeKalb Cubing Fall 2023: 38.00UIUC Fall 2023: 41.97Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024: 38.02DuPage Winter 2024: 41.92Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024: 35.07Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 34.3434.3441.977 Oct 202326 Oct 2024

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-10 Skewb single — 40,263 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.