People · Malaysia
Benjamin Ajmera
3×3 one-handed · top 2.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017AJME01
Benjamin Ajmera has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.83, set at UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Malaysia. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2017, he has put 401 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.20 in June 2017 to 8.95, a 63% improvement. Benjamin 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 | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.83 | 23.45 | top 2.8% | 35 / 1,327 | |
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 2.81 | top 3.7% | 88 / 2,541 | |
| 3×3 | 8.95 | 11.03 | top 4.7% | 238 / 3,773 | |
| Skewb | 4.25 | 6.10 | top 12.7% | 135 / 1,053 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.76 | 9.63 | top 18.2% | 354 / 1,723 | |
| 4×4 | 49.47 | 58.74 | top 24.1% | 387 / 1,219 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.19 | 1:57.38 | top 29.6% | 194 / 518 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.69 | 2:16.50 | top 45.1% | 344 / 617 | |
| Clock | 29.67 | 33.19 | top 83.9% | 350 / 406 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025.
- 9 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2022.
- 15 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019.
- 15 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019.
- 20 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019.
- 28 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at USM Penang Cube 2018.
Competitions
- XMUM Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- UoSM Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Unikl MFI Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Malaysian Cube Championship 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- MYCA Cube Day 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Foon Yew Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017
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.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Muhammad Fitri Hakim Bin Dzulkarnain — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.