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Bennett Dearing

2×2 · top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022DEAR03

Bennett Dearing has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,927th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2022, he has put 137 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.01 in December 2022 to 12.20, a 32% improvement. Bennett has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.01
signature single · Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023
137
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.013.32
top 4.8%1,927 / 40,951
3×312.2013.01
top 14.6%7,807 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed18.9521.13
top 17.7%2,274 / 15,683
Pyraminx8.0810.53
top 36.8%10,443 / 28,708
4×41:04.011:18.81
top 40.7%6,634 / 19,072
Skewb8.7910.78
top 47.0%8,323 / 18,907
Square-151.92
early days — 1 solve5,160 / 6,743
5×53:27.47
early days — 2 solves7,965 / 9,401
Clock37.2642.02
top 91.5%8,187 / 8,927

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

2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 18.01Springfield Winter Open 2023: 14.87Arkansolve 2023: 13.19Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023: 12.95Springfield Summer Open 2023: 12.2012.2018.013 Dec 202226 Aug 2023

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.