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Ben Wakelin

Skewb · top 0.15% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015WAKE01

Ben Wakelin has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.23, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Australia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 120 competitions since May 2015, he has put 3,971 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.03 in May 2015 to 7.33, an 87% improvement. Ben has entered 120 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.15% of 73,281 all-time
1.23
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
3,971
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb1.233.08
top 0.15%5 / 3,534
2×21.392.95
top 1.7%152 / 8,567
3×37.3310.06
top 1.7%188 / 11,709
Pyraminx2.425.14
top 2.0%97 / 5,993
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves32.33
top 8.0%37 / 468
Megaminx59.581:12.32
top 9.8%121 / 1,277
4×439.0245.78
top 11.0%286 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed17.1022.62
top 12.8%294 / 2,659
5×51:20.021:26.40
top 19.1%252 / 1,356
Clock11.7015.18
top 33.5%352 / 1,095
3×3 blindfolded2:46.38—
top 48.5%216 / 394
Square-130.0248.99
top 49.4%483 / 899
6×63:21.176:25.45
top 51.1%316 / 641
7×76:20.649:46.56
top 72.3%347 / 523
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 28:50—
early days — 1 solve176 / 180

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

Cube for Cambodia 2015: 56.03Australian Nationals 2015: 36.54Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 32.27Sydney Summer 2015: 27.99Adelaide Summer 2016: 24.66Cubing Classic 2016: 21.20Melbourne Autumn 2016: 20.36Canberra Autumn 2016: 18.74Connor's Cube Day 2016: 18.90Cube for Cambodia 2016: 18.50Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 16.36POPS Open 2016: 14.18Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2017: 15.68Cubing Classic 2017: 12.87Cube for Cambodia 2017: 13.25Australian Nationals 2017: 13.40Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 12.65Hobart Summer 2018: 13.78Melbourne Winter 2018: 13.37Horsham Winter 2018: 12.85St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 15.43Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 14.34Melbourne Summer 2019: 13.65WCA World Championship 2019: 13.53Horsham 2019: 13.09Altona Algorithms 2019: 11.10Puzzling Pakenham 2019: 11.05Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 12.47Darwin Open 2019: 10.85Melbourne Summer 2020: 12.38Melbourne Summer 2021: 11.68December Series: Kensington 2021: 11.53Melbourne Summer 2022: 12.71Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 13.32Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 12.35Solving in Sale 2022: 9.61Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 10.43Victorian Open 2022: 11.83Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022: 11.07Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 10.48Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 10.02Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 11.82Kensington Summer Sunday 2023: 9.31Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 10.92Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 11.10St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023: 10.85Victorian Open 2023: 11.16Geelong Winter 2023: 10.47Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.40Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023: 9.75Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023: 11.80Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 11.50Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 10.52Speedy South Perth 2023: 8.76Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023: 9.07Melbourne Summer 2024: 10.42Altona Algorithms 2024: 12.22Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 10.27Half Turns in Hallett Cove 2024: 10.22Mount Gambier Open 2024: 10.64Kensington May Sunday 2024: 9.95Turning in Townsville 2024: 8.52Apollo Bay Cubing 2024: 9.45Australian Nationals 2024: 9.16Geelong Winter 2024: 10.06Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024: 7.33Nimble Newborough 2024: 10.04Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 9.56Melbourne Summer 2025: 10.31Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 10.49Spark Melbourne February 2025: 9.12Solving in Sale 2025: 10.10VIC State Championship 2025: 8.76Warm Up Seattle 2025: 9.09Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.94Spark Melbourne July 2025: 10.53Geelong Winter 2025: 8.87Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 10.62Australian Nationals 2025: 11.06The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 9.48Nimble Newborough 2025: 9.99Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 9.49Try Cubing in St Helens 2026: 10.61Tassie Summer 2026: 9.61Melbourne Summer 2026: 10.29Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 10.11North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 9.53West Melbourne Open 2026: 8.71Solving in Sale 2026: 8.73Wagga Autumn 2026: 9.48Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 8.47Australian Nationals 2026: 9.95Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026: 9.55Geelong Winter 2026: 9.967.3356.0331 May 201529 Aug 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.