People · Colombia
Gour Kishor Ballestas
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025BALL01
Gour Kishor Ballestas has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.45, set at WCA South American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Colombia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2025, he has put 370 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.07 in January 2025 to 8.78, a 54% improvement. Gour has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Colombia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.45 | 2.96 | top 1.9% | 62 / 3,615 | |
| 3×3 | 8.78 | 11.25 | top 4.4% | 163 / 5,812 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.19 | 17.69 | top 6.5% | 62 / 1,175 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.32 | 1:21.85 | top 11.1% | 56 / 506 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.59 | 1:09.16 | top 11.9% | 82 / 533 | |
| 4×4 | 40.89 | 43.21 | top 13.1% | 170 / 1,270 | |
| Skewb | 4.42 | 5.56 | top 13.9% | 171 / 1,065 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.55 | 6.98 | top 16.8% | 365 / 2,395 | |
| 6×6 | 2:29.19 | 2:38.60 | top 25.2% | 58 / 232 | |
| 7×7 | 3:52.54 | 3:59.52 | top 28.0% | 61 / 182 | |
| Square-1 | 34.53 | 42.48 | top 57.6% | 182 / 317 |
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
- 12 Jun 2026Seven personal bests in one day at WCA South American Championship 2026.
- 26 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Más 2 Quebradas 2026.
- 26 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Más 2 Quebradas 2026.
- 14 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubos y Libros Pereira 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Seven personal bests in one day at MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.90 at Unicentro Pereira III 2025.
Competitions
- WCA South American Championship 2026 · 12 Jun 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Chinchiná Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Más 2 Quebradas 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubos y Libros Pereira 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Unicentro Pereira III 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Unicentro Armenia IV 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Paulo VI Cartago 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
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.
- Juan Daniel Tangarife Ortiz — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yerik Samuel Bocanegra Osorio — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Elian Stiven Posso Saldarriaga — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.