People · Canada
Benley Hsiang
3×3 · top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018HSIA01
Benley Hsiang has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.45, set at Cubing on Par A 2023, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 813th in Canada. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2018, he has put 105 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.13 in January 2018 to 10.45, a 61% improvement. Benley has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.45 | 12.32 | top 8.8% | 813 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.28 | 25.00 | top 21.2% | 457 / 2,620 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 5.21 | top 21.9% | 1,468 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.34 | 1:44.91 | top 63.8% | 1,820 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.11 | 13.28 | top 67.9% | 3,358 / 4,858 |
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
- 5 Jan 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at UBC Open 2019.
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.22 at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018First competition: Vancouver Open Winter 2018. A 27.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing on Par A 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chilliwack Cubes Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018
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.
- Tristan Lee — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Noah Stelting — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kevin Matthews — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.