People · Malta
Benjamin Chetcuti Cauchi
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CAUC02
Benjamin Chetcuti Cauchi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.60, set at Malta Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Malta. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2022, he has put 728 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.46 in July 2022 to 8.60, an 18% improvement. Benjamin has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.60 | 9.81 | top 4.0% | 3 / 53 | |
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 2.99 | top 5.1% | 4 / 32 | |
| Clock | 6.52 | 7.20 | top 9.1% | 1 / 3 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.55 | 20.70 | top 9.3% | 1 / 16 | |
| Skewb | 3.76 | 6.09 | top 9.3% | 1 / 11 | |
| 4×4 | 38.47 | 41.34 | top 10.4% | 1 / 20 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.55 | 6.24 | top 10.5% | 2 / 25 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.61 | 1:22.71 | top 14.3% | 1 / 9 | |
| Square-1 | 15.66 | 27.99 | top 18.0% | 3 / 4 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.61 | 1:26.55 | top 20.3% | 1 / 5 | |
| 7×7 | 3:53.80 | 4:21.01 | top 28.4% | 1 / 3 | |
| 6×6 | 2:42.31 | 2:52.81 | top 32.0% | 1 / 3 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 45.33 | top 48.5% | 2 / 3 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Solving Ferry Fast Rosslare 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's Italian Championship 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Malta End of Summer 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cube Plan Baie 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Malta Open 2024.
- 7 Jul 2023Twelve personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Maltese Championship 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving Ferry Fast Rosslare 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Italian Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Malta End of Summer 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Plan Baie 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Malta Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 12 personal bests set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Vincenzo Maria Gammino — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Ben Timmons — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Rían Burke — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.