People · Australia
Benjamin T. Chong
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024CHON03
Benjamin T. Chong has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.55, set at Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 808th in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2024, he has put 88 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.91 in May 2024 to 10.55, a 50% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 14.85 | top 9.1% | 808 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 4.39 | 5.47 | top 31.5% | 2,459 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.56 | 12.31 | top 49.5% | 2,792 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.02 | 1:21.30 | top 53.4% | 1,475 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.63 | 39.24 | top 54.7% | 1,275 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 2:50.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 929 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:42.51 | 3:00.08 | top 71.5% | 1,010 / 1,356 |
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
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Spring Saturday 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.96 at Kiama Winter 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.01 at Kiama Winter 2024.
- 18 May 2024First competition: Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024. A 20.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring Saturday 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Sydney 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Kiama Winter 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024
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.
- Emerson Owen — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Bryan Eng — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elias Chong — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.