People · Australia
Benjamin Gilbert
3×3 · top 7.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019GILB05
Benjamin Gilbert has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.09, set at Australian Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 722nd in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2019, he has put 374 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.33 in December 2019 to 10.09, a 30% improvement. Benjamin has entered twelve 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.09 | 12.43 | top 7.8% | 722 / 11,943 | |
| 4×4 | 41.96 | 50.77 | top 14.5% | 368 / 3,108 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.57 | 10.15 | top 16.9% | 832 / 6,109 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.41 | 1:43.74 | top 26.1% | 362 / 1,412 | |
| 2×2 | 3.99 | 5.19 | top 26.4% | 2,082 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.78 | 32.62 | top 36.4% | 836 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 7.80 | 15.83 | top 39.8% | 1,223 / 3,589 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.39 | — | top 50.5% | 632 / 1,313 | |
| Clock | 20.17 | 23.80 | top 65.2% | 738 / 1,159 | |
| 6×6 | 4:19.33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 463 / 667 | |
| 7×7 | 6:59.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 410 / 540 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:38.91 | — | early days — 1 solve | 366 / 399 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at SA State Championship 2025.
- 14 Dec 2019First competition: Sydney Open 2019. A 15.50 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Sydney Open 2019.
Competitions
- Adelaide Spring 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SA State Championship 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Maitland Spring 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- G'day Maitland 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Maitland Winter 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Maitland Spring 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Newcastle Autumn 2021 · 30 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best 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.
- Liam Highducheck — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
- Oscar Liang — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Bryan Eng — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.