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Benjamin Kao

2×2 · top 0.065% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022KAOB01

Benjamin Kao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.64, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts him in the top 0.065% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Australia. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,675 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.39 in October 2022 to 6.54, a 60% improvement. Benjamin has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.065% of 186,767 all-time
0.64
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2024
1,675
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.641.38
top 0.065%16 / 8,567
Pyraminx1.653.06
top 0.61%35 / 5,993
3×36.548.19
top 0.89%97 / 11,709
Clock3.784.67
top 1.9%24 / 1,095
Skewb2.334.47
top 2.3%82 / 3,534
4×431.3935.53
top 3.7%98 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed13.2215.52
top 4.7%108 / 2,659
Megaminx51.4358.51
top 5.7%76 / 1,277
5×51:01.471:07.34
top 6.3%86 / 1,356
Square-111.7917.23
top 9.4%93 / 899
6×61:56.532:02.88
top 9.7%54 / 641
7×73:07.533:20.24
top 12.6%59 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves35.33
top 17.4%81 / 468
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 17:34—
early days — 1 solve128 / 180
3×3 blindfolded4:44.83—
top 77.0%325 / 394

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

Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 16.39Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 17.24Kensington Summer Sunday 2023: 11.46Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 10.76St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023: 10.38Victorian Open 2023: 10.02Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023: 8.27Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023: 8.22Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 9.25The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 9.50Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 9.69Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023: 8.25Melbourne Summer 2024: 8.59Altona Algorithms 2024: 8.46Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 7.78Kensington May Sunday 2024: 8.03The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 9.19Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 7.80Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 7.12Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 7.64Spark Melbourne February 2025: 7.41VIC State Championship 2025: 7.30Spark Melbourne July 2025: 7.30Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 6.99Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 7.16Melbourne Summer 2026: 7.00North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 6.91West Melbourne Open 2026: 6.96Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 7.59Australian Nationals 2026: 6.546.5417.2415 Oct 20229 Jul 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.