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Bryce Ballam

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015BALL04

Bryce Ballam has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.37, set at Brisbane Summer 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 193rd in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since September 2015, he has put 740 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.50 in September 2015 to 7.37, a 62% improvement. Bryce has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.37
signature single · Brisbane Summer 2024
740
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.379.63
top 1.8%193 / 11,709
4×431.9836.31
top 4.2%118 / 3,051
5×51:08.001:13.32
top 10.3%139 / 1,356
2×22.674.07
top 10.6%792 / 8,567
Square-112.4418.98
top 10.7%112 / 899
6×62:04.942:10.65
top 13.2%78 / 641
7×73:19.473:25.56
top 16.1%72 / 523
Pyraminx5.7813.67
top 18.4%909 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed19.3924.40
top 18.9%424 / 2,659
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves38.67
top 20.4%102 / 468
Skewb8.7014.50
top 46.4%1,453 / 3,534
Clock18.2119.74
top 59.4%614 / 1,095
3×3 blindfolded6:04.80—
top 87.1%353 / 394

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

Brisbane Spring 2015: 19.50Brisbane Winter 2018: 10.23Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 8.21Northside Duology Part 1 2022: 8.78Queensland Open 2022: 9.26 Runaway Bay Saturday Challenge 2022: 8.92Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 9.60Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023: 9.16Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 8.76Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 9.80U Cube at UQ Saturday 2023: 8.03Australian Nationals 2023: 8.43QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 8.22Brisbane Summer 2024: 7.37Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 8.43Brisbane Summer 2025: 8.657.3719.5019 Sep 20151 Feb 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.