People · United States
Benjamin Holm-Bertelsen
Clock · top 13.8% of 32,048 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016HOLM01
Benjamin Holm-Bertelsen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 7.72, set at Ohio State Spring 2024, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,060th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since January 2016, he has put 182 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.56 in January 2016 to 14.21, a 42% improvement. Benjamin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 7.72 | 11.14 | top 13.8% | 1,060 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 14.21 | 16.95 | top 21.7% | 11,742 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 4.58 | top 25.6% | 10,051 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.17 | 11.18 | top 37.6% | 10,723 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.59 | 10.95 | top 38.2% | 6,539 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 25.18 | 38.61 | top 39.6% | 2,568 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.51 | — | top 68.3% | 12,156 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:02.04 | — | top 78.7% | 7,127 / 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
- 30 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.21 at Cubing For Kyle 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Cubing For Kyle 2019.
- 7 Jan 2017Four personal bests in one day at Dayton Winter 2017.
- 10 Sep 2016Four personal bests in one day at Mason Cubing Challenge 2016.
- 29 Jul 2016First sub-20 3×3: 18.81 at US Nationals 2016.
- 9 Jan 2016First competition: Queen City 2016. A 24.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ohio State Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Wildcat Spring 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
- Cubing For Kyle 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Queen City 2017 · 3 Jun 2017
- Dayton Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Mason Cubing Challenge 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Queen City 2016 · 9 Jan 2016
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.
- Mason Langenderfer — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nolan Wood — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lucas Etter — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.