People · Australia
Benjamin Rivas
2×2 · top 31.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023RIVA11
Benjamin Rivas has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.40, set at Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 31.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,519th in Australia. Across 9 competitions since July 2023, he has put 118 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.20 in July 2023 to 20.40, a 40% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.40 | 6.33 | top 31.7% | 2,519 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.35 | 12.39 | top 39.3% | 2,154 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 | 20.40 | 25.00 | top 41.2% | 4,122 / 11,943 | |
| Skewb | 11.49 | 17.96 | top 63.5% | 2,156 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.71 | — | top 80.6% | 2,039 / 2,685 |
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 May 2024First sub-30 3×3: 20.96 at Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024.
- 16 Jul 2023First competition: Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023. A 34.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring Saturday 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023 · 16 Jul 2023
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.
- Cino Lin — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Kirschner — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bryan Eng — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.