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Ekko Balodimos-Mahi

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017BALO02

Ekko Balodimos-Mahi has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Trikala Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 220th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since November 2017, he has put 961 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.07 in November 2017 to 10.17, a 73% improvement. Ekko has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.68
signature single · Trikala Open 2025
961
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.683.49
top 3.0%220 / 4,895
Pyraminx3.425.34
top 5.2%195 / 3,656
3×310.1712.60
top 8.0%578 / 6,689
Skewb5.367.46
top 20.9%479 / 2,421
Clock9.8211.65
top 24.2%329 / 1,232
4×450.6354.55
top 25.5%565 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed28.8234.49
top 43.9%771 / 1,851

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

Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 37.07Greece New Year 2018: 32.85Welsh Open 2018: 27.87Manchester Open 2018: 27.20High Wycombe Open 2018: 25.72Hastings Open 2018: 20.14August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 26.19Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 19.76UK Championship 2018: 21.65Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 17.57Cambridge Open 2018: 18.08Fontwell Open 2019: 17.56London Open 2019: 15.57High Wycombe Open 2019: 18.10August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 16.10UK Championship 2019: 18.72Guildford Open 2020: 14.87Fontwell Open 2020: 16.77Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 13.32Essex Winter 2022: 13.17Stevenage January 2023: 12.47Brent Cross Winter 2023: 12.17Essex Spring 2023: 11.42Reading Spring 2023: 10.94Voula Summer Open 2023: 10.45Harrow Autumn 2023: 12.00Stevenage September 2023: 11.42Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 10.32Stevenage November 2023: 11.01Athens Cubing Starter Pack 2024: 10.17Battersea Autumn 2024: 10.90Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 10.50Trikala Open 2025: 10.17Pre-Nationals Warm-Up Athens 2025: 10.6510.1737.0725 Nov 201715 Nov 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.