People · Canada
Benjamin Balla
2×2 · top 7.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020BALL02
Benjamin Balla has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Sylvan Solves 2022, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 525th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2020, he has put 159 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.19 in January 2020 to 14.64, a 37% improvement. Benjamin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 5.36 | top 7.9% | 525 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 14.64 | 16.01 | top 23.3% | 2,254 / 10,502 | |
| Clock | 12.14 | 17.21 | top 35.6% | 323 / 1,057 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.02 | 37.26 | top 44.5% | 1,024 / 2,632 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.04 | 15.98 | top 53.3% | 2,603 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 9.83 | 12.60 | top 53.9% | 1,493 / 2,928 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.17 | — | top 67.5% | 1,964 / 3,180 | |
| Square-1 | 44.78 | 59.43 | top 70.9% | 673 / 973 | |
| 5×5 | 3:22.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,219 / 1,546 | |
| Megaminx | 3:46.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,145 / 1,393 |
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
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.64 at Rockies Rager Fall 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Spruce Grove Summer 2022.
- 21 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.10 at Sherwood Park Spring 2022.
- 18 Jan 2020First competition: Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020. A 23.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edmonton Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Canada 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
- Sylvan Solves 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Edmonton Summer Twist 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Spruce Grove Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Spring 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Calgary Side Events 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
- Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
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.
- Alex Mutch — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lucas Kuczaj — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dylan Vaskevicius — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.