People · United States
Balis Peirce
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024PEIR01
Balis Peirce has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.78, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,750th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2024, he has put 235 official solves on the record across ten 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 35.75 in April 2024 to 9.78, a 73% improvement. Balis 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 | 9.78 | 13.84 | top 6.9% | 3,750 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 4.39 | top 11.3% | 4,435 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.43 | 1:10.72 | top 38.0% | 6,146 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.56 | 1:59.99 | top 40.1% | 2,900 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.42 | 2:13.78 | top 42.2% | 3,427 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 16.45 | 25.17 | top 53.5% | 4,415 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.53 | 42.60 | top 54.5% | 7,555 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 10.13 | 15.86 | top 55.7% | 10,128 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 4:11.50 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,713 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 43.59 | 57.18 | top 69.5% | 4,569 / 6,743 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.79 at Reno Fall 2024.
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Reno Fall 2024.
- 3 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.99 at Cool Down Berkeley 2024.
- 26 May 2024First sub-30 3×3: 23.52 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024 · 4 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Reno Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Weekday Tricubealon 2024 · 15 Apr 2024
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chris Martin — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.