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Troy Benson
4×4 · top 27.0% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017BENS01
Troy Benson has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 51.83, set at Cerritos Open 2018, puts him in the top 27.0% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,150th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since December 2017, he has put 94 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 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.70 in December 2017 to 17.30, a 12% improvement. Troy has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 51.83 | 1:07.89 | top 27.0% | 4,150 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 | 17.30 | 21.19 | top 32.0% | 17,669 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.30 | 8.34 | top 43.0% | 17,336 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.10 | 2:15.86 | top 53.1% | 4,471 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.92 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,693 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:19.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,827 / 4,196 |
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 Dec 2017First competition: Poly Cubed 2017. A 19.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
- Santa Barbara Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018
- Thanks for the InFive 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cerritos Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Poly Cubed 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.
- Will Do — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Michael Young — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Margot Audero — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.