People · United States
Benjamin Liu
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015LIUB02
Benjamin Liu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at CalPoly SLO Fall 2021, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,805th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2015, he has put 202 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.34 in October 2015 to 9.81, a 43% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.81 | 10.79 | top 6.9% | 3,805 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 49.75 | 59.88 | top 24.4% | 3,733 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.73 | 1:40.69 | top 26.1% | 1,798 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 5.84 | top 29.7% | 11,791 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.22 | 33.32 | top 34.8% | 4,589 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.36 | 3:00.52 | top 64.1% | 5,561 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 53.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,773 / 8,927 |
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
- 20 Nov 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at CalPoly SLO Fall 2021.
- 16 Jan 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.48 at Nub Open 2016.
- 16 Jan 2016Three personal bests in one day at Nub Open 2016.
- 11 Oct 2015First competition: Irvine Fall 2015. A 17.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024 · 17 Mar 2024
- Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CalPoly SLO Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2016 · 20 Aug 2016
- TFTI San Diego 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Newport Spring 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine Fall 2015 · 11 Oct 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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Alex Davani — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Max Park — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.