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Benson Lau

Pyraminx · top 3.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019LAUB01

Benson Lau has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.04, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since February 2019, he has put 527 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Megaminx best has come down from 1:23.96 in June 2019 to 53.40, a 36% improvement. Benson has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.8% of 129,321 all-time
3.04
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022
527
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
Pyraminx3.0411.22
top 3.8%131 / 4,858
Megaminx53.401:04.43
top 6.7%50 / 1,375
3×310.8213.70
top 9.9%912 / 10,392
4×439.5743.46
top 11.6%283 / 3,118
2×22.974.29
top 13.9%936 / 7,173
5×51:14.981:22.72
top 15.3%179 / 1,499
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.33
top 20.4%63 / 283
6×62:23.582:34.30
top 22.3%115 / 665
7×73:39.654:02.12
top 23.4%93 / 503
Skewb9.8017.60
top 53.7%1,479 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed34.4737.92
top 56.3%1,339 / 2,620
Clock20.54—
early days — 3 solves641 / 1,029
3×3 blindfolded5:09.94—
early days — 3 solves285 / 351

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

Richmond Hill Summer 2019: 1:23.96Canadian Championship 2019: 1:33.56Battle of Waterloo 2019: 1:13.67Oshawa Favourites 2022: 1:07.79Hamilton Side Events 2022: 1:09.74Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 1:04.39Newmarket Side Events 2022: 1:01.19Waterloo Favourites A 2023: 59.36Newmarket Favourites 2023: 1:03.24Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 1:01.52Pickering Side Events 2023: 53.40Appleby Summer B 2023: 1:02.86Appleby Fall B 2023: 1:04.39Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 59.18Ontario Championship 2024: 1:02.9253.401:33.5629 Jun 20199 Aug 2024

Best single per competition, Megaminx. 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 3.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.