People · Switzerland
Benjamin Lippsmeier
2×2 · top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017LIPP01
Benjamin Lippsmeier has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.56, set at Swisscubing Cup V 2023, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Switzerland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since September 2017, he has put 886 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.42 in September 2017 to 8.48, a 62% improvement. Benjamin has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.56 | 2.30 | top 2.4% | 38 / 923 | |
| 3×3 | 8.48 | 11.98 | top 3.7% | 43 / 1,218 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.80 | 5.75 | top 6.7% | 61 / 665 | |
| Skewb | 3.85 | 8.83 | top 10.0% | 55 / 395 | |
| Clock | 8.27 | 11.60 | top 16.4% | 35 / 233 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.92 | 21.50 | top 17.6% | 65 / 373 | |
| 4×4 | 46.38 | 55.27 | top 20.1% | 87 / 474 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.08 | 1:33.74 | top 25.1% | 58 / 211 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.02 | 1:47.80 | top 30.7% | 76 / 273 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | top 33.6% | 50 / 101 | |
| 6×6 | 3:44.33 | 4:11.99 | top 60.4% | 79 / 146 | |
| 7×7 | 5:45.56 | 7:07.78 | top 64.2% | 71 / 123 |
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
- 2 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Swiss Nationals 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup II 2019.
- 2 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Zentralschweiz 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.48 at Les Automnales 2018.
- 21 Sep 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Swiss Nationals 2018.
Competitions
- Swiss Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024
- Swisscubing Cup II 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Swisscubing Cup V 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Science Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- German Nationals 2019 · 2 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
- Swiss Nationals 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiler Würfelfest 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Europe 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
- Zentralschweiz 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- D-City Cubing 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Savoie Open 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Les Automnales 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing FMC 2018 · 30 Sep 2018
- Swiss Nationals 2018 · 21 Sep 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Musée suisse du jeu 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Zurich Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
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.
- Tobias Peter — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Hannah Minas — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 83 times
- Reto Bubendorf — met in 115 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.