People · Canada
Gabriel Balas
3×3 · top 29.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022BALA12
Gabriel Balas has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.35, set at Mississauga Newcomers B 2025, puts him in the top 29.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,843rd in Canada. Across 5 competitions since September 2022, he has put 65 official solves on the record across five 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 39.84 in September 2022 to 16.35, a 59% improvement. Gabriel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.35 | 21.20 | top 29.0% | 2,843 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 5.36 | 8.18 | top 43.8% | 3,105 / 7,245 | |
| Skewb | 11.59 | 17.28 | top 64.0% | 1,813 / 2,928 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.80 | 18.69 | top 65.9% | 3,294 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:31.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,449 / 2,632 |
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
- 15 Mar 2025First sub-30 3×3: 18.35 at Mississauga Newcomers B 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.35 at Mississauga Newcomers B 2025.
- 24 Sep 2022First competition: Richmond Hill 2022. A 39.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mississauga Newcomers B 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Winter A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Fall B 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Hill 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
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.
- Jakub Balas — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jensen Belen-Brown — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aarav Sivakumar — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.