People · United States
Jacob Benson
2×2 · top 61.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013BENS01
Jacob Benson has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.13, set at Princeton Winter 2014, puts him in the top 61.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,272nd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2013, he has put 15 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.40 in December 2013 to 30.38, a 23% improvement. Jacob has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 7.13 | 10.86 | top 61.5% | 25,272 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 30.38 | 37.43 | top 63.2% | 37,740 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:46.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,173 / 15,683 |
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
- 14 Dec 2013First competition: Liberty Science Center Open 2013. A 39.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Princeton Winter 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2013 · 14 Dec 2013
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.
- Tim Wong — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brandon Delacruz — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zach Goldman — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.