People · United States
Balark Sen
3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023SENB01
Balark Sen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.36, set at Berkeley Winter 2024, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,270th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since March 2023, he has put 194 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.68 in March 2023 to 11.36, a 32% improvement. Balark has entered 14 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.36 | 15.18 | top 11.6% | 6,270 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.32 | 10.94 | top 39.0% | 11,138 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 6.52 | 8.23 | top 56.2% | 22,968 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 34.30 | 37.85 | top 57.2% | 3,777 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:56.28 | — | top 80.0% | 14,823 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 18.46 | 24.93 | top 87.0% | 16,746 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 52.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,759 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 5:20.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 9,258 / 9,401 |
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
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.16 at Berkeley Summer 2023.
- 12 Mar 2023First competition: Berkeley Spring 2023. A 16.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023 · 4 Jun 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023 · 6 May 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023
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.
- Jonathan Rutenberg — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Taj Bressert — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.