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Gus Bennett

2×2 · top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017BENN08

Gus Bennett has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.92, set at Berkeley Winter 2018, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,240th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since July 2017, he has put 200 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.54 in July 2017 to 12.96, a 22% improvement. Gus has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.92
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2018
200
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.924.87
top 13.3%5,240 / 40,951
3×312.9615.48
top 17.3%9,252 / 59,724
Skewb5.238.42
top 20.0%3,169 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed20.1926.16
top 21.0%2,685 / 15,683
Pyraminx6.157.59
top 21.1%5,672 / 28,708
Square-137.0743.11
top 61.4%4,050 / 6,743
4×41:36.77
early days — 3 solves12,194 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves59 moves
early days — 1 solve1,904 / 2,040

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

San Ramon 2017: 16.54Berkeley Summer 2017: 16.41San Francisco Bay Open 2017: 14.91San Ramon Cubed 2017: 12.96Berkeley Fall 2017: 13.38South Enough 2018: 15.56SacCubing III 2018: 13.93Berkeley Winter 2018: 16.05Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 14.86Berkeley Spring 2018: 13.83CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 13.3112.9616.5415 Jul 201727 Jul 2018

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 0.92 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.