People · Canada
Jakub Balas
Skewb · top 9.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019BALA03
Jakub Balas has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.74, set at Pickering Favourites Spring 2025, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 191st in Canada. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2019, he has put 136 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.87 in February 2019 to 12.16, a 55% improvement. Jakub has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.74 | 8.65 | top 9.2% | 191 / 2,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.59 | top 12.3% | 820 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 12.16 | 16.04 | top 14.4% | 1,367 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.83 | 10.77 | top 34.8% | 1,579 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.40 | 1:15.72 | top 44.3% | 1,205 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.44 | 50.13 | top 65.9% | 1,597 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 2:59.46 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,075 / 1,499 |
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
- 26 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.16 at Pickering D 2023.
- 26 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Pickering D 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.45 at Richmond Hill 2022.
- 2 Feb 2019First competition: Return to Toronto 2019. A 26.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mississauga Newcomers B 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Pickering Mini Morning 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests 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 — 1 personal best set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nolan Jeanneret — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jensen Belen-Brown — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.