People · Canada
Balam Thomas Perez
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022PERE17
Balam Thomas Perez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.29, set at SaskatooNxN 2025, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 777th in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2022, he has put 339 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:31.00 in June 2022 to 10.29, an 89% improvement. Balam has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.29 | 13.02 | top 8.4% | 777 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 3.66 | top 16.1% | 1,094 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.35 | 10.09 | top 30.8% | 1,376 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 7.24 | 8.53 | top 35.6% | 885 / 2,928 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.04 | 1:12.96 | top 37.7% | 1,028 / 3,180 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.18 | 2:43.65 | top 44.3% | 499 / 1,393 | |
| Square-1 | 35.41 | 1:05.66 | top 59.1% | 542 / 973 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.51 | 45.00 | top 61.7% | 1,480 / 2,632 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.07 | — | top 64.9% | 892 / 1,546 | |
| Clock | 34.21 | 53.84 | top 89.1% | 925 / 1,057 |
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
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Grand Forks 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Winnipeg Open 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at Queen City Cubing Regina 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Queen City Cubing Regina 2024.
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.39 at Winnipeg Open 2023.
Competitions
- Winnipeg Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Carberry Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Winnipeg Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Fall Afternoon 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SaskatooNxN 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Grand Forks 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Queen City Cubing Regina 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FargoDome 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
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.
- Wilmer Daniel Almazan Cabrera — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Laura Plourde — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Mia Willow Pahl — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.