People · United States
Benjamin Kratochvil
3×3 · top 7.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022KRAT02
Benjamin Kratochvil has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.08, set at Concordia Turning 2022, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,321st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 136 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Benjamin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.08 | 13.00 | top 7.7% | 4,321 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 4.29 | top 10.3% | 4,093 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.85 | 27.54 | top 14.7% | 1,942 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.12 | 1:15.75 | top 36.7% | 5,987 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.19 | 10.60 | top 37.9% | 10,960 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 8.45 | 12.82 | top 44.7% | 7,988 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 3:19.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,551 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 1:30.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,563 / 6,846 |
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
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Concordia Turning 2022. A 10.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Simpson Scramble 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Niner Nation Open 2023 · 15 Jan 2023
- Concordia Turning 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
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.
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Katie Hull — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raymond Goslow — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.