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Cory Balaton
Pyraminx · top 7.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014BALA12
Cory Balaton has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.97, set at Oslo Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 206th in France. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2014, he has put 576 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in November 2014 to 10.15, a 44% improvement. Cory 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 | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.97 | 6.75 | top 7.5% | 206 / 2,185 | |
| 3×3 | 10.15 | 13.52 | top 7.9% | 436 / 4,823 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 5.14 | top 19.2% | 695 / 3,129 | |
| 4×4 | 48.46 | 56.82 | top 22.8% | 420 / 1,839 | |
| Skewb | 6.98 | 11.54 | top 33.6% | 471 / 1,309 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 40.00 | top 37.3% | 165 / 368 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.14 | 34.32 | top 47.0% | 678 / 1,508 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.96 | 2:31.50 | top 62.1% | 594 / 1,038 |
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
- 16 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Romerike Easter Open 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Six personal bests in one day at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024.
- 9 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at Cubing Portal Oslo 2023.
- 9 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Portal Oslo 2023.
- 17 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2023.
Competitions
- Oslo Open 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Drammen Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- FM i Kjellern' 2024 · 21 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oslo Open 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Romerike Easter Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Portal Oslo 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2023 · 17 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- UiO Open 2016 · 7 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2015 · 14 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2014 · 15 Nov 2014
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.
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Vegard Seim Karstang — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.