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Ben Lee
3×3 · top 9.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LEEB03
Ben Lee has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.66, set at Minnesota Championship 2024, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,249th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2023, he has put 378 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.28 in May 2023 to 10.66, a 52% improvement. Ben has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.66 | 13.23 | top 9.5% | 5,249 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.66 | 11.54 | top 17.5% | 4,729 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 4.84 | top 20.0% | 7,968 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 51.54 | 57.20 | top 26.7% | 4,162 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.79 | 2:12.36 | top 43.2% | 3,592 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 10.82 | 16.30 | top 59.9% | 11,139 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 39.64 | 47.01 | top 64.9% | 4,320 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 3:42.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,098 / 8,026 |
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
- 30 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha MN 2024.
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.50 at Cubetcha 2023.
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Cubetcha 2023.
- 27 May 2023First competition: Minnesota Cube Melt 2023. A 22.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Even in Eagan 2026 · 25 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Championship 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Meetup III Tuesday 2024 · 2 Jan 2024
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Minnesota 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2023 · 27 May 2023
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.
- Kaius Young — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Rahn — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
- Walker Welch — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.