People · Hungary
Balázs Máté
2×2 · top 6.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011BALA03
Balázs Máté has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Bratislava Open 2014, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Hungary. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2011, he has put 736 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.35 in September 2011 to 10.43, a 55% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hungary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 4.25 | top 6.8% | 94 / 919 | |
| 3×3 | 10.43 | 11.13 | top 8.7% | 138 / 1,226 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.48 | 8.74 | top 10.1% | 74 / 495 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.16 | 23.48 | top 18.2% | 97 / 445 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.49 | 1:35.42 | top 20.3% | 48 / 315 | |
| 4×4 | 47.14 | 48.68 | top 21.0% | 115 / 509 | |
| Skewb | 5.96 | 9.57 | top 25.4% | 108 / 324 | |
| Square-1 | 19.31 | 27.13 | top 26.3% | 33 / 167 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:27.73 | 2:59.28 | top 42.5% | 40 / 102 | |
| Megaminx | 1:58.49 | 2:03.58 | top 44.9% | 92 / 190 | |
| Clock | 15.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 77 / 185 | |
| 6×6 | 3:45.23 | — | early days — 2 solves | 76 / 130 | |
| 7×7 | 5:38.51 | — | early days — 1 solve | 72 / 116 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 97 / 117 |
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
- 20 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at Hungarian Open 2023.
- 18 Sep 2015Three personal bests in one day at Hungarian Open 2015.
- 2 May 2015Eight personal bests in one day at Hungarian Nationals 2015.
- 8 Nov 2014Four personal bests in one day at Bratislava Open 2014.
- 17 Oct 2014Four personal bests in one day at Hungarian Open 2014.
- 20 Sep 2014Three personal bests in one day at Slovakian Open 2014.
Competitions
- Budapest Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kőbánya Advent 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kőbánya Cube Day 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Open 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Hungarian Nationals 2017 · 25 Mar 2017
- Hungarian Open 2016 · 28 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Nationals 2016 · 16 Apr 2016
- B.O.N.D. Open 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Open 2015 · 18 Sep 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Hungarian Nationals 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 8 personal bests set
- Bratislava Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2014 · 17 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Slovakian Open 2014 · 20 Sep 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2013 · 30 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2012 · 8 Sep 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Romanian Open 2012 · 23 Jun 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2011 · 3 Sep 2011
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.
- Dániel Varga — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Bence Barát — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hunor Bózsing — met in 140 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.