People · United States
Taren Beenken
2×2 · top 20.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022BEEN05
Taren Beenken has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.51, set at Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023, puts him in the top 20.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,099th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since December 2022, he has put 121 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.17 in December 2022 to 17.42, a 49% improvement. Taren has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 5.51 | top 20.4% | 8,099 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.19 | 10.38 | top 21.5% | 5,852 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 17.42 | 19.39 | top 32.4% | 18,225 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 9.77 | 12.23 | top 53.5% | 9,806 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.27 | — | top 71.9% | 10,494 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.44 | — | top 77.6% | 14,479 / 19,354 |
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
- 19 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-30 3×3: 25.01 at Utah Megacomp 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.42 at Utah Megacomp 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Utah Megacomp 2023.
- 10 Dec 2022First competition: Utah Snowball Bash 2022. A 34.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back to School Utah 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Summer Side Events B 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
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.
- Hudson Rockwell Bertola — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eric Pesci — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Skye Bateman — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.