People · Australia
Benjamin Liu
3×3 · top 17.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LIUB02
Benjamin Liu has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.07, set at Spark Melbourne July 2025, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,574th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since April 2018, he has put 34 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:12.22 in April 2018 to 13.07, an 82% improvement. Benjamin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 13.07 | 16.39 | top 17.7% | 1,574 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.52 | 19.60 | top 40.7% | 2,216 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 15.56 | 21.07 | top 91.3% | 7,871 / 8,567 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.07 at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 31 May 2025First sub-60 3×3: 17.12 at VIC State Championship 2025.
- 31 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 17.12 at VIC State Championship 2025.
- 31 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.12 at VIC State Championship 2025.
- 21 Apr 2018First competition: Canberra Autumn 2018. A 1:12.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Canberra Autumn 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
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.
- Tommy Kiprillis — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sora Sato — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.