People · United States
Benjamin Simons
3×3 · top 8.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019SIMO09
Benjamin Simons has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.36, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,779th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2019, he has put 92 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.60 in October 2019 to 10.36, a 38% improvement. Benjamin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.36 | 13.35 | top 8.6% | 4,779 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.57 | 7.88 | top 15.1% | 2,384 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.06 | 7.78 | top 28.4% | 7,942 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.16 | 31.83 | top 32.0% | 4,219 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 58.59 | 1:00.01 | top 35.0% | 5,705 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 4.79 | 5.75 | top 36.7% | 14,900 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 25.36 | 30.67 | top 40.0% | 2,629 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,327 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 15.66 | 17.45 | top 50.5% | 4,242 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 2:43.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,440 / 9,537 |
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
- 29 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022.
- 5 Mar 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.88 at NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022.
- 5 Mar 2022Three personal bests in one day at NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022.
- 20 Oct 2019First competition: Lake Country Fall 2019. A 18.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Lake Country Fall 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zeke Mackay — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.