In the past year (2023), Benjamin Kao competed in 13 competitions and 95 rounds across 14 events, from Feb 12th to Dec 17th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 3 times across 2 events, including 2 silvers and 1 bronze.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2x2x2 Cube | | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | | 1 | |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 433 solves and completed 412.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 122 | 125 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 105 | 110 |
| Pyraminx | 44 | 45 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 35 | 35 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 29 | 30 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 20 | 20 |
| Skewb | 19 | 20 |
| Square-1 | 10 | 10 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 7 | 7 |
| Megaminx | 7 | 7 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 6 | 7 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 6 | 7 |
| Clock | 2 | 5 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 0 | 5 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 78 times across 13 events, including 38 singles and 40 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Pyraminx | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Skewb | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Megaminx | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Square-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Clock | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 1:00.96 | 16.70 | 44.26 (265.03%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 3.93 | 1.26 | 2.67 (211.90%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 1:34.44 | 42.54 | 51.90 (122.00%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 16.39 | 8.22 | 8.17 (99.39%) |
| Pyraminx | - | 3.83 | - |
| 5x5x5 Cube | - | 1:29.52 | - |
| 6x6x6 Cube | - | 2:54.48 | - |
| 7x7x7 Cube | - | 4:55.00 | - |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | - | 33 | - |
| Skewb | - | 6.28 | - |
| Megaminx | - | 1:40.05 | - |
| Square-1 | - | 31.48 | - |
| Clock | - | 15.11 | - |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 5.26 | 2.15 | 3.11 (144.65%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 18.52 | 8.94 | 9.58 (107.16%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | - | 22.67 | - |
| Pyraminx | - | 4.66 | - |
| 5x5x5 Cube | - | 1:39.17 | - |
| 6x6x6 Cube | - | 3:09.54 | - |
| 4x4x4 Cube | - | 52.06 | - |
| 7x7x7 Cube | - | 5:27.94 | - |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | - | 36.33 | - |
| Skewb | - | 9.88 | - |
| Megaminx | - | 1:55.54 | - |
| Square-1 | - | 41.48 | - |
Cubers
He met 1048 cubers from 35 countries/regions, 420 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 628 |
| 2 | 222 |
| 3 | 91 |
| 4 | 44 |
| 5 | 22 |
| 6 | 18 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 11 | 2 |
| All | 1048 |
Regions
He competed in 1 country/region.
