People · United States
Bennett Bamsey
3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017BAMS01
Bennett Bamsey has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.78, set at Sioux Falls Winter 2019, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 710th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2017, he has put 520 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.25 in December 2017 to 6.78, a 52% improvement. Bennett has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 6.78 | 9.90 | top 1.1% | 710 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 2.49 | 5.41 | top 2.9% | 434 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.70 | 20.29 | top 4.0% | 594 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 4.10 | top 5.6% | 2,245 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 34.84 | 44.23 | top 6.6% | 1,038 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.39 | 6.79 | top 9.7% | 2,551 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.69 | 1:29.84 | top 19.0% | 1,497 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 2:20.57 | 2:53.93 | top 20.9% | 745 / 4,262 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.06 | 1:22.38 | top 21.2% | 1,486 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 19.26 | 22.95 | top 26.2% | 1,734 / 6,846 | |
| 7×7 | 3:58.58 | 4:19.13 | top 30.2% | 857 / 3,236 |
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
- 9 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Sioux Falls Winter 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Fargo Fall 2018.
- 10 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Independence Cube Day 2018.
- 29 Sep 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at BarbeCubing Fall 2018.
- 29 Sep 2018Six personal bests in one day at BarbeCubing Fall 2018.
Competitions
- Virtual Cubing 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mega Minnesota Winter 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fargo Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Independence Cube Day 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- BarbeCubing Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018 · 9 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- North Iowa 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Joshua Feran — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Carter Kucala — met in 83 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.