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Benjamin Hoppes
3×3 · top 7.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013HOPP01
Benjamin Hoppes has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.87, set at Rocky Mountain Winter 2016, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,975th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2013, he has put 650 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.44 in April 2013 to 9.87, a 46% improvement. Benjamin has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.87 | 12.02 | top 7.1% | 3,975 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.11 | 5.24 | top 8.3% | 2,152 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 4.01 | top 9.2% | 3,653 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 3.98 | 8.16 | top 10.8% | 1,686 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.75 | 1:31.34 | top 15.5% | 1,073 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 44.49 | 49.31 | top 17.7% | 2,718 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.30 | 22.86 | top 18.7% | 2,437 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 17.52 | 33.20 | top 22.2% | 1,482 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.66 | 1:38.35 | top 22.2% | 1,741 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 14.28 | 18.18 | top 45.0% | 3,714 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 3:11.64 | 3:24.42 | top 46.6% | 1,762 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 5:47.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,983 / 3,236 |
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
- 15 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Gem State Side Events 2022.
- 21 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022.
- 9 Jan 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Rocky Mountain Winter 2016.
- 9 Jan 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Rocky Mountain Winter 2016.
- 22 Aug 2015Six personal bests in one day at Northern Colorado Summer 2015.
Competitions
- Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bundle Up Broomfield 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- Loveland Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Wyoming Summer 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak Good Afternoon 2022 · 9 Apr 2022
- Northern Colorado Cubing 2022 · 12 Mar 2022
- DeNxNver 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Longmont Cube Open 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Mountain Winter 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Northern Colorado Summer 2015 · 22 Aug 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Lawrence Spring 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Colorado Springs Open 2015 · 17 Jan 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Colorado Springs 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Alex Walker — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Miles Walcott — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Raymos Castillo — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.