Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Hungary → Balázs Berta

People · Hungary

Balázs Berta

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010BERT01

Balázs Berta has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.39, set at Hungarian Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Hungary. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2010, he has put 257 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.05 in September 2010 to 7.39, a 68% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.39
signature single · Hungarian Open 2018
257
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
3×37.3910.29
top 1.8%30 / 1,226
4×437.5043.70
top 9.2%54 / 509
2×22.683.86
top 10.7%143 / 919
Pyraminx5.678.86
top 17.6%121 / 495
3×3 one-handed21.9527.47
top 25.9%135 / 445
5×51:54.88
early days — 3 solves125 / 315

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

Hungarian Open 2010: 23.05European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 19.59Hungarian Open 2011: 11.96Hungarian Open 2012: 8.84Hungarian Open 2013: 10.56Hungarian Open 2016: 7.94Hungarian Nationals 2017: 9.33Hungarian Open 2018: 7.397.3923.053 Sep 201028 Sep 2018

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.