People · Canada
Benjamin Lê
Pyraminx · top 4.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015LEBE02
Benjamin Lê has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.30, set at Battle of Waterloo 2022, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 162nd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2015, he has put 266 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.77 in May 2015 to 8.95, an 81% improvement. Benjamin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.30 | 3.90 | top 4.7% | 162 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 8.95 | 10.76 | top 4.7% | 452 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 3.21 | top 6.0% | 391 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 37.91 | 40.22 | top 9.7% | 226 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 4.40 | 6.69 | top 13.7% | 295 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.02 | 1:25.24 | top 15.4% | 180 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.10 | 24.23 | top 23.5% | 507 / 2,620 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:35.23 | — | early days — 2 solves | 221 / 351 |
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
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at Open de Gatineau A 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Open de Gatineau A 2023.
- 20 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Battle of Waterloo 2022.
- 14 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Open de Montréal 2022.
- 7 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 11.26 at Oshawa Favourites 2022.
- 7 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.26 at Oshawa Favourites 2022.
Competitions
- National Capital Region B 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Gatineau A 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Open de Montréal 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Oshawa Favourites 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Fall 2015 · 28 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2015 · 16 May 2015
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.
- Diego Rodriguez-Ramirez — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Alexandre Ondet — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ben Davies — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.