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Benjamin Walker

3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019WALK07

Benjamin Walker has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.76, set at Speedy South Perth 2023, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 405th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since September 2019, he has put 868 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.87 in September 2019 to 8.76, a 75% improvement. Benjamin has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.76
signature single · Speedy South Perth 2023
868
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.769.76
top 4.3%405 / 11,709
2×22.393.65
top 7.9%585 / 8,567
4×437.6642.15
top 9.4%248 / 3,051
Pyraminx5.597.14
top 17.0%834 / 5,993
5×51:22.351:29.33
top 21.0%274 / 1,356
Skewb6.157.76
top 26.9%720 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed25.4230.67
top 35.3%804 / 2,659
7×74:15.684:21.15
top 36.3%172 / 523
Clock13.0614.46
top 39.9%410 / 1,095
Square-126.5031.25
top 42.4%410 / 899
Megaminx1:55.682:19.21
top 43.5%532 / 1,277
6×63:13.153:31.12
top 47.3%288 / 641

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

Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 34.87Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 20.17South Perth Summer 2020: 18.09York Cube Day 2021: 13.96Showground Showdown 2021: 14.68Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 13.03WA State Championship 2021: 9.87Rockingham Rapid 2021: 12.80Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 12.65Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 12.45Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 12.28Perth Underground Open 2022: 10.32Perth Autumn 2022: 9.86Rockingham Rapid 2022: 10.24WA Open 2022: 10.68Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 11.07Warm Up Mandurah 2022: 10.53Australian Nationals 2022: 9.45Perth Summer 2023: 11.32Freo Cube-Off 2023: 10.59Perth Autumn 2023: 11.82Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 11.26WA Open 2023: 11.00Butler Blitz 2023: 9.34Speedy South Perth 2023: 8.76Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 9.968.7634.8728 Sep 201916 Dec 2023

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.