People · Hungary
Balázs Simon
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011SIMO05
Balázs Simon has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Hungarian Open 2013, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 142nd in Hungary. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2011, he has put 333 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.13 in September 2011 to 10.47, a 57% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.47 | 12.87 | top 8.9% | 142 / 1,226 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.60 | 22.64 | top 11.6% | 57 / 445 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 4.69 | top 14.7% | 188 / 919 | |
| 4×4 | 53.56 | 58.31 | top 29.0% | 146 / 509 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.41 | 1:54.81 | top 37.9% | 102 / 315 | |
| Square-1 | 39.68 | 43.87 | top 65.0% | 105 / 167 | |
| 6×6 | 3:58.77 | 4:22.94 | top 65.0% | 86 / 130 | |
| 7×7 | 6:43.27 | — | early days — 3 solves | 90 / 116 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.73 | 22.43 | top 89.3% | 464 / 495 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 111 / 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
- 31 Jan 2015Five personal bests in one day at B.O.N.D. Open 2015.
- 17 Oct 2014Three personal bests in one day at Hungarian Open 2014.
- 20 Sep 2014Three personal bests in one day at Slovakian Open 2014.
- 30 Nov 2013First sub-15 3×3: 10.47 at Hungarian Open 2013.
- 30 Nov 2013Four personal bests in one day at Hungarian Open 2013.
- 8 Sep 2012First sub-20 3×3: 18.56 at Hungarian Open 2012.
Competitions
- Hungarian All-Rounder 5: Star Wars 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian All-Rounder 1: Avengers 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Hungarian Open 2016 · 28 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hungarian Open 2015 · 18 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Bratislava No-Cutoff Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Hungarian Nationals 2015 · 2 May 2015
- B.O.N.D. Open 2015 · 31 Jan 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2014 · 17 Oct 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Slovakian Open 2014 · 20 Sep 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2013 · 30 Nov 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Hungarian Open 2012 · 8 Sep 2012 — 2 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.
- Bence Barát — met in 80 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dániel Varga — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hunor Bózsing — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.