People · United States
Benjamin Chen
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CHEN18
Benjamin Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.92, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,611th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2022, he has put 81 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Benjamin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.92 | 11.26 | top 4.7% | 2,611 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.50 | 25.99 | top 16.4% | 2,126 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.09 | 1:10.56 | top 40.8% | 6,651 / 19,072 |
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
- 3 Apr 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022. A 8.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Berkeley April Weekday Tricubealon 2025 · 28 Apr 2025
- Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024 · 4 Dec 2024
- Berkeley November Weekday Tricubealon 2024 · 18 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024 · 21 Oct 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022
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.
- Emmett O'Leary-Liu — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Zane Qureshi — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Timothy Elnitiarta — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.