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Benjamin McNish

2×2 · top 61.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017MCNI01

Benjamin McNish has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.11, set at Koalafication Melbourne 2019, puts him in the top 61.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,945th in Australia. Across 8 competitions since March 2017, he has put 80 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.12 in March 2017 to 30.73, a 50% improvement. Benjamin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 61.3% of 186,767 all-time
7.11
signature single · Koalafication Melbourne 2019
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×27.1113.00
top 61.3%4,945 / 8,567
3×330.7335.77
top 63.8%7,086 / 11,709
Pyraminx17.0122.50
top 87.7%5,397 / 5,993
Skewb30.01
early days — 2 solves3,459 / 3,534

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

Cubing Classic 2017: 1:01.12Cube for Cambodia 2017: 35.16Australian Nationals 2017: 52.45Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 41.41ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 54.39Cube for Cambodia 2018: 50.09Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 34.17WCA World Championship 2019: 30.7330.731:01.1218 Mar 201711 Jul 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.