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Benjamin Stokes
2×2 · top 3.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023STOK01
Benjamin Stokes has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 303rd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2023, he has put 75 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.93 in February 2023 to 11.56, a 57% improvement. Benjamin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 4.63 | top 3.8% | 303 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 11.56 | 13.28 | top 12.4% | 1,120 / 11,943 |
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
- 27 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.57 at Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023.
- 27 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023First competition: Brisbane Summer 2023. A 26.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MarsdeNxN 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Brisbane Summer 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- QUT Qube Challenge Saturday 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- U Cube at UQ Saturday 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Queensland Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
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.
- Josiah Freudigmann — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Avery Graham — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Connor Theodore — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.