People · United States
Benjamin Lu
3×3 · top 10.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LUBE01
Benjamin Lu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.13, set at Tacoma Fall 2026, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,990th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since March 2025, he has put 151 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.68 in March 2025 to 11.13, a 33% improvement. Benjamin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 11.13 | 13.60 | top 10.9% | 5,990 / 60,666 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.03 | 1:20.66 | top 14.7% | 1,145 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.93 | 24.45 | top 25.9% | 3,386 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 10.49 | 11.05 | top 27.4% | 2,155 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 27.24 | 46.68 | top 44.0% | 2,903 / 6,846 | |
| 2×2 | 5.70 | 8.96 | top 47.7% | 19,630 / 41,674 | |
| 7×7 | 5:06.31 | 5:30.99 | early days — 3 solves | 1,565 / 3,236 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at BC Championship 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.09 at Lakewood Spring 2026.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: Worlds Warmup Woodinville 2025. A 16.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tacoma Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Central Washington Fall 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Worlds Warmup Woodinville 2025 · 29 Mar 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.
- Adhiyan Kumaresan — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ishaan Bansal — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,328 people have one; it is 14.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.