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Benjamin Stensen
3×3 · top 10.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016STEN01
Benjamin Stensen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.05, set at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022, puts him in the top 10.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,759th in the United States. Across 21 competitions since November 2016, he has put 348 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.89 in November 2016 to 11.05, a 50% improvement. Benjamin has entered 21 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.05 | 13.20 | top 10.6% | 5,759 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.12 | 7.11 | top 11.7% | 1,819 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.26 | 8.54 | top 14.8% | 3,885 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 6.37 | top 17.1% | 6,687 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 44.72 | 50.59 | top 18.0% | 2,735 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.79 | 1:48.04 | top 32.1% | 2,545 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 47.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,879 / 6,743 |
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 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019.
- 19 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at Michigan 2017.
- 19 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Michigan 2017.
- 21 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.51 at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017.
- 5 Nov 2016First competition: Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016. A 21.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019 · 14 Apr 2019
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018 · 10 Nov 2018
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Flag City Spring 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018 · 13 Jan 2018
- ChicaGhosts 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Dayton Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016 · 5 Nov 2016
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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stanley Chapel — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
- James Hildreth — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.