People · United States
Benjamin Yang
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019YANB03
Benjamin Yang has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.54, set at Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,215th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2019, he has put 161 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.68 in October 2019 to 7.54, a 41% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.54 | 8.19 | top 2.0% | 1,215 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 28.64 | 31.60 | top 2.1% | 345 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 3.87 | top 4.4% | 1,731 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 14.22 | 21.76 | top 14.6% | 990 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.00 | 1:30.02 | top 20.7% | 1,616 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.47 | 23.03 | top 24.5% | 3,151 / 15,683 |
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
- 26 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025.
- 16 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2022.
- 11 Dec 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Maru Cube Day 2021.
- 5 Oct 2019First competition: Mudd Fall 2019. A 12.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Taichung Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Open 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Taipei 2021 · 19 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- West LA Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shih-Hao Wang (王士豪) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.