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Benji Cooper

3×3 · top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015COOP02

Benji Cooper has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.93, set at Virginia Open Fall 2015, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,198th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since September 2015, he has put 57 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.03 in September 2015 to 12.93, a 41% improvement. Benji has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.93
signature single · Virginia Open Fall 2015
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.9317.30
top 17.2%9,198 / 59,724
2×25.197.40
top 41.7%16,742 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.8512.90
top 59.4%17,437 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed38.21
top 62.7%8,857 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves49.33
early days — 3 solves1,424 / 2,040
4×41:56.99
early days — 1 solve14,899 / 19,072

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

Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 22.03Virginia Open Fall 2015: 12.93River Hill Fall 2015: 17.97Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 15.71Cube For A Cure Spring 2016: 16.31Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 18.2012.9322.0326 Sep 201524 Sep 2016

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.