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Bastian Li Backiel
Pyraminx · top 62.6% of 130,891 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023BACK01
Bastian Li Backiel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 11.30, set at Visé Sunday Open 2026, puts him in the top 62.6% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,733rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2023, he has put 76 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 59.27 in April 2023 to 38.21, a 36% improvement. Bastian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 11.30 | 16.96 | top 62.6% | 18,733 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 38.21 | 48.67 | top 74.8% | 46,241 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 29.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,586 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 13.29 | 17.63 | top 87.5% | 36,964 / 41,674 |
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
- 1 Apr 2023First competition: Wommelgem Open 2023. A 59.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Visé Sunday Open 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Visé Open Saturday 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zottegem Afternoon 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Koersel Saturday Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wommelgem Open 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
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.
- Elizaveta Nesterenko — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joran Pauwels — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Félicien Steux — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 69,370 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 180,530 people have one; it is 8.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.