People · Australia
Benjamin Riske
3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019RISK01
Benjamin Riske has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.05, set at Melbourne Summer 2020, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 464th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2019, he has put 337 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.06 in April 2019 to 9.05, a 50% improvement. Benjamin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.05 | 10.54 | top 5.0% | 464 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 35.65 | 40.70 | top 7.3% | 193 / 3,051 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.68 | 8.37 | top 11.3% | 524 / 5,993 | |
| 7×7 | 3:08.30 | 3:30.35 | top 12.8% | 60 / 523 | |
| Skewb | 4.43 | 7.05 | top 13.9% | 364 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 3.32 | top 14.3% | 1,098 / 8,567 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.69 | 1:24.39 | top 16.6% | 218 / 1,356 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.69 | 1:21.64 | top 17.8% | 211 / 1,277 | |
| 6×6 | 2:15.52 | 2:30.37 | top 18.3% | 105 / 641 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.89 | 22.70 | top 22.9% | 519 / 2,659 | |
| Square-1 | 34.27 | — | early days — 1 solve | 556 / 899 |
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
- 19 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at December Series: Kensington 2021.
- 18 Dec 2021Three personal bests in one day at Cranbourne Crazy Clock Attempt 2 2021.
- 25 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.05 at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 25 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 5 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.65 at Altona Algorithms 2019.
- 5 Oct 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2019.
Competitions
- Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- December Series: Kensington 2021 · 19 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Cranbourne Crazy Clock Attempt 2 2021 · 18 Dec 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021 · 22 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Koalafication Canberra 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
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 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sebastian Outh-Aut — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Lennon Hughes — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.