People · United Kingdom
Benjamin Georges Gates Philippart
2×2 · top 8.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019PHIL04
Benjamin Georges Gates Philippart has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at Farnworth Spring D 2022, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 557th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2019, he has put 62 official solves on the record across five events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 22.06 in May 2019 to 4.92, a 78% improvement. Benjamin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 6.36 | top 8.2% | 557 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.92 | 9.38 | top 12.7% | 492 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 20.72 | 23.80 | top 42.0% | 2,896 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.75 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,550 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,592 / 1,851 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Apr 2022First sub-30 3×3: 25.51 at Farnworth Spring D 2022.
- 11 May 2019First competition: London Open 2019. A 52.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wakefield Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Farnworth Spring D 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- London Open 2019 · 11 May 2019
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.
- Charlie Stark — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Burns — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lalitranjan Vigneswaran — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.