People · Canada
Benjamin Low
2×2 · top 11.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LOWB01
Benjamin Low has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.78, set at Oakville Limited Fall 2017, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 779th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since June 2017, he has put 88 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.29 in June 2017 to 14.44, a 43% improvement. Benjamin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.62 | top 11.8% | 779 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.75 | 12.35 | top 18.1% | 738 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 14.44 | 17.43 | top 22.5% | 2,159 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.78 | — | top 51.4% | 1,404 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 12.97 | 14.99 | top 70.5% | 2,027 / 2,907 |
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
- 16 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Newmarket Open 2018.
- 14 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.46 at Pickering 2017.
- 17 Jun 2017First competition: Newmarket Open 2017. A 25.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Be Quiet Pickering 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alan Jia — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Leo Min-Bedford — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.