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Aadi Balaji

2×2 · top 17.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021BALA02

Aadi Balaji has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.26, set at WA Open 2023, puts him in the top 17.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,305th in Australia. Across 26 competitions since October 2021, he has put 451 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.84 in October 2021 to 15.08, a 66% improvement. Aadi has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.26
signature single · WA Open 2023
451
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.264.49
top 17.3%1,305 / 8,567
3×315.0818.18
top 24.7%2,274 / 11,709
Pyraminx6.7010.04
top 25.4%1,286 / 5,993
Skewb7.0011.88
top 33.7%949 / 3,534
4×41:08.331:22.53
top 45.2%1,212 / 3,051
5×52:50.30—
top 74.7%1,058 / 1,356

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

Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 43.84Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 40.57Perth Underground Open 2022: 31.66Perth Autumn 2022: 30.25Rockingham Rapid 2022: 23.62WA Open 2022: 23.30Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 22.11Australian Nationals 2022: 19.80Butler Blitz 2022: 20.31Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 17.40Perth Summer 2023: 18.53Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 21.21Perth Autumn 2023: 15.15Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 18.23Perth Time Trial 2023: 16.36WA Open 2023: 15.78Speedy South Perth 2023: 16.28Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 15.43Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 16.03Murdoch University Open 2024: 15.08South Perth Cube Day 2024: 17.52Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 17.29Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 17.28Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 18.0215.0843.8410 Oct 202119 Dec 2024

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.