People · Republic of Korea
Benjamin Lee
3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024LEEB05
Benjamin Lee has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 222nd in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2024, he has put 309 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.41 in October 2024 to 8.45, a 49% 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 | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.45 | 10.48 | top 3.7% | 222 / 4,390 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 4.07 | top 11.2% | 335 / 2,334 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.96 | 8.40 | top 12.9% | 200 / 1,294 | |
| Skewb | 6.26 | 11.92 | top 27.9% | 282 / 874 | |
| 4×4 | 55.46 | 1:05.19 | top 31.4% | 549 / 1,316 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.22 | 29.65 | top 34.9% | 450 / 981 | |
| 5×5 | 2:54.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 598 / 725 |
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
- 29 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Osan Summer 2025.
- 29 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Osan Summer 2025.
- 25 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Daejeon Spring 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.91 at Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024First competition: CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024. A 18.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Suwon Summer 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Osan Summer 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Daejeon Spring 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Always Open Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 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.
- Pierce Tickle — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Robert Mapp IV — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Colby Joson — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.