People · New Zealand
Benjamin Kimber
2×2 · top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2021 · 2021KIMB01
Benjamin Kimber has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Wellington Summer 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2021, he has put 353 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.24 in February 2021 to 8.89, a 48% improvement. Benjamin has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 3.86 | top 4.2% | 106 / 1,627 | |
| 3×3 | 8.89 | 12.13 | top 4.6% | 122 / 2,145 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.38 | 11.34 | top 22.9% | 320 / 1,149 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:31.63 | 1:53.94 | top 23.6% | 33 / 86 | |
| 4×4 | 57.17 | 1:04.42 | top 33.4% | 217 / 745 | |
| Square-1 | 33.81 | 57.00 | top 56.6% | 156 / 254 | |
| 5×5 | 2:29.85 | 2:42.56 | top 65.8% | 237 / 364 | |
| Megaminx | 3:27.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 253 / 284 |
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 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Welcome to Wellington 2024.
- 18 Feb 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Wellington Summer 2023.
- 19 Feb 2022Three personal bests in one day at Palmerston North 2022.
- 15 May 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at Palmerston North 2021.
- 6 Feb 2021First competition: Wellington Mind Games 2021. A 17.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Palmerston North 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Wellington 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2021 · 15 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Mind Games 2021 · 6 Feb 2021
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.
- Jack McDougall — met in 83 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Maddigan — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.