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Ben Yu

3×3 · top 0.44% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011YUBE01

Ben Yu has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.92, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023, puts him in the top 0.44% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 294th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since December 2011, he has put 2,834 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.06 in December 2011 to 5.92, a 67% improvement. Ben has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.44% of 284,439 all-time
5.92
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023
2,834
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.927.52
top 0.44%294 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.113.72
top 1.3%364 / 28,708
2×21.432.36
top 1.9%734 / 40,951
Square-17.099.05
top 1.9%147 / 6,743
4×429.4234.11
top 2.5%408 / 19,072
Megaminx45.5852.63
top 3.3%239 / 7,841
Skewb2.775.13
top 3.9%612 / 18,907
5×51:00.301:07.51
top 5.7%467 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed13.7619.63
top 5.7%790 / 15,683
6×61:53.082:11.37
top 8.4%287 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded45.441:14.40
top 8.4%167 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves34.67
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
Clock8.629.61
top 18.1%1,388 / 8,927
4×4 blindfolded4:53.81—
top 21.3%84 / 440
7×73:49.193:57.07
top 26.9%756 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 5 cubes · 19:32—
early days — 2 solves393 / 731
5×5 blindfolded26:37.00—
early days — 1 solve178 / 218

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

Tianjin Open 2011: 18.06Lynden Open 2012: 14.86Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012: 12.28Vancouver Open Summer 2012: 12.77Cube Kingdom 2013: 11.44Vancouver Open Summer 2013: 9.15Vancouver Open Winter 2014: 9.08Cube Kingdom II 2014: 8.30US Nationals 2014: 9.04Vancouver Open Summer 2014: 8.90Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 7.56UW Spring 2015: 8.85Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015: 7.90Vancouver Open Summer 2015: 8.55Puget Sound Open 2015: 8.79PDX Cubing Alpha 2016: 8.85Puget Sound Spring 2016: 7.84US Nationals 2016: 8.53Puget Sound Fall 2016: 7.24Puget Sound Winter 2017: 6.76SnoCo Cubing Summer 2017: 6.67CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.17Northwest Championships 2017: 8.08Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017: 7.18Skyline Open 2018: 6.94Puget Sound Spring 2018: 7.68SnoCo Summer 2018: 7.59CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.50SnoCo Fall 2018: 7.17Welcome to 2019: 7.63Puget Sound Summer 2019: 7.47SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021: 7.10Welcome Back Portland 2022: 7.19Odd Seattle Summer 2022: 8.03Berkeley Fall 2022: 8.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 7.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 7.52Utah Snowball Bash 2022: 6.65Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 5.92Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 6.71Berkeley Spring 2023: 7.15Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 7.24Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 6.50Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 7.22Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 7.14Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023: 6.03Berkeley Summer 2023: 7.03Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 7.11Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 7.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 6.84EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024: 6.61Berkeley Spring 2024: 8.76Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 7.68Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 6.87Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.78Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.69San Ramon Fall 2025: 7.355.9218.0625 Dec 201120 Sep 2025

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.