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Benjamin Shiu

3×3 · top 13.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025SHIU01

Benjamin Shiu has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.00, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 13.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,227th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.37 in October 2025 to 12.00, a 10% improvement. Benjamin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 13.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.00
signature single · Melbourne Summer 2026
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×312.0014.63
top 13.9%1,227 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed32.48
early days — 2 solves1,223 / 2,659
2×26.347.25
top 54.4%4,342 / 8,567
4×41:24.98
early days — 2 solves1,682 / 3,051

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

The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 13.37Melbourne Summer 2026: 12.0012.0013.3711 Oct 202524 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • William Tran — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Renae Chen — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Josh Gereg — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 2.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.