Ben Whitmore

#183 most-reconstructed of 451 tracked solvers · search their solves

Years
solves
5
best
7.73
mean
8.84
span
2013–2014
competitions
4

Solving style vs the field

Compared against 12287 reconstructed solves by 451 tracked solvers.

Average moves per stage

themfieldΔ
Cross8.611.4-2.8
F2L31.229+2.2
OLL8.411.9-3.5
PLL14.213.1+1.1
Full solve62.465.5-3.1

Move tokens per reconstructed solve, split by stage - fewer than the field means a more move-efficient stage.

Techniques used

solvesthemfield
VLS120.0%3.7%
ZBLL120.0%11.0%

Share of solves using each last-slot / last-layer technique, vs the share across all tracked solves.

Algorithm choices

mainstreamfielddiffering cases
OLL33%58%2/3
PLL67%59%1/3

"Mainstream" = share of their executions using the field's most common alg for that case. A lower number than the field average means a more unusual alg sheet.

OLL algorithms

3 recognized executions · 33% done with the field's most common alg for the case (field average 58%) · go-to alg differs from the field's on 2 of 3 cases

caseusestheir algsfield's most common
OLL 28 1
r U R' U' r' R U R U' R' ×1 (56 solvers)
r U R' U' r' R U R U' R' (75%)
OLL 34 differs1
F R U R' U' R' F' r U R U' r' ×1 (3 solvers)
y2 R U R2 U' R' F R U R U' F' (25%)
OLL 8 differs1
y2 r' U' R U' R' U2 r ×1 (37 solvers)
l' U' L U' L' U2 l (48%)

PLL algorithms

3 recognized executions · 67% done with the field's most common alg for the case (field average 59%) · go-to alg differs from the field's on 1 of 3 cases

caseusestheir algsfield's most common
Ga differs1
R2 u R' U R' U' R u' R2 y' R' U R ×1 (27 solvers)
R2 U R' U R' U' R U' R2 D U' R' U R D' (38%)
Rb 1
R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 ×1 (86 solvers)
R' U2 R U2 R' F R U R' U' R' F' R2 (63%)
T 1
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' ×1 (120 solvers)
R U R' U' R' F R2 U' R' U' R U R' F' (90%)

Solves

3 recognized OLL executions across 3 cases, 3 recognized PLL executions across 3 cases - every solve links to its move-by-move breakdown.

tech
recon20677.732014-06-22Nottingham Summer 2014ZBLL
recon19489.052014-02-27Weston-super-Mare 2012
recon14748.792014-02-07unofficial
recon110510.902014-01-15Rapidash Open 2012
recon7637.752013-10-07Cuthberts Open 2013VLS