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Ben Liu

3×3 · top 56.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LIUB08

Ben Liu has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.82, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 56.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,057th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since June 2018, he has put 14 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.53 in June 2018 to 26.82, a 29% improvement. Ben has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 56.5% of 284,439 all-time
26.82
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×326.8234.83
top 56.5%6,057 / 11,709

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

Melbourne Winter 2018: 37.53Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 26.84WCA World Championship 2019: 26.8226.8237.532 Jun 201811 Jul 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Jacob McNish — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Harry Niewand — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Alan Ma — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.