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Aidan Balestra

3×3 · top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015BALE01

Aidan Balestra has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.20, set at Qualifornia 2017, puts him in the top 31.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,480th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2015, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.61 in June 2015 to 17.20, a 27% improvement. Aidan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time
17.20
signature single · Qualifornia 2017
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.2022.54
top 31.6%17,480 / 59,724
2×27.699.30
top 65.7%27,113 / 40,951

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

SoCal Supercomp 2015: 23.61Nisei Week 2015: 27.11Qualifornia 2017: 17.2017.2027.1127 Jun 201525 Mar 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.20 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.