People · United States
Benjamin Lu
3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 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 11.63, set at Lakewood Spring 2026, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,770th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 108 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.68 in March 2025 to 11.63, a 30% improvement. Benjamin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 11.63 | 13.60 | top 12.6% | 6,770 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.50 | 1:34.60 | top 20.3% | 1,588 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.93 | 24.45 | top 25.8% | 3,333 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 10.55 | 11.77 | top 27.8% | 2,139 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 5.70 | 8.96 | top 47.7% | 19,289 / 40,951 | |
| 7×7 | 5:06.31 | 5:30.99 | early days — 3 solves | 1,535 / 3,184 |
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
- 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.
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adhiyan Kumaresan — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Henry Bolinger — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 21.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.