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Igor Balov

3×3 · top 34.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013BALO01

Igor Balov has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.21, set at MPEI Open 2015, puts him in the top 34.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in Moldova. Across 4 competitions since November 2013, he has put 31 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.66 in November 2013 to 18.21, a 36% improvement. Igor has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.7% of 284,439 all-time
18.21
signature single · MPEI Open 2015
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMoldova
3×318.2122.48
top 34.7%46 / 143
3×3 one-handed35.9847.61
top 59.1%18 / 39
4×41:39.57
top 70.3%30 / 52

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

MPEI Open 2013: 28.66MPEI Open 2014: 23.34MPEI Open 2015: 18.21MPEI Open 2016: 18.9318.2128.6623 Nov 201325 Nov 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.21 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 5.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.