People · Hungary
Balázs Pápai
3×3 · top 27.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014PAPA01
Balázs Pápai has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.72, set at Budapest Open 2019, puts him in the top 27.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 402nd in Hungary. Across 7 competitions since October 2014, he has put 92 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.00 in October 2014 to 15.72, a 21% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hungary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.72 | 20.71 | top 27.0% | 402 / 1,234 | |
| 2×2 | 5.89 | 7.68 | top 49.8% | 517 / 924 |
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
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.02 at Hungarian Nationals 2017.
- 17 Oct 2014First competition: Hungarian Open 2014. A 21.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Budapest Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Budapest Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2018 · 28 Sep 2018
- Budapest Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
- Hungarian Open 2017 · 13 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Nationals 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2014 · 17 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best 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.
- György Józsa — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bence Barát — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dániel Varga — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.