People · Germany
Anton Balaster
2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025BALA17
Anton Balaster has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 199 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.45 in November 2025 to 7.28, a 23% improvement. Anton has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.22 | 1.60 | top 1.1% | 53 / 2,931 | |
| 3×3 | 7.28 | 9.32 | top 1.7% | 98 / 4,182 | |
| 4×4 | 33.73 | 40.85 | top 5.6% | 117 / 1,966 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.68 | 7.76 | top 11.3% | 288 / 2,020 | |
| Skewb | 5.26 | 8.02 | top 20.3% | 270 / 1,192 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2026.
- 20 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bremium Cubing 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Schwerin Open 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First competition: c't Open Hannover 2025. A 11.16 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at c't Open Hannover 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at c't Open Hannover 2025.
Competitions
- WetterWürfeln Wölfersheim 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Schwerin Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Ricardo Olea Catalán — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Javid Nabizade — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Jonas Ropella — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.