People · United States
Benjamin Liu
3×3 · top 17.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025LIUB02
Benjamin Liu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.03, set at The Battle of Concord MA 2026, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,555th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.22 in January 2025 to 13.03, a 46% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.03 | 14.85 | top 17.6% | 9,555 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.29 | 5.06 | top 30.3% | 12,234 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.62 | 9.99 | top 33.1% | 9,431 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 14.53 | 19.03 | top 46.0% | 3,805 / 9,172 |
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
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 13.85 at Ipswich Fall 2025.
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.85 at Ipswich Fall 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First competition: The Battle of Lexington 2025. A 24.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The Battle of Concord MA 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ipswich Fall 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
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.
- Ethan Wu — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Derek White — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.