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Martin Paniego Ballesta

3×3 · top 51.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017BALL02

Martin Paniego Ballesta has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.27, set at Madrid Open 2017, puts him in the top 51.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,261st in Spain. Across 2 competitions since January 2017, he has put 26 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.77 in January 2017 to 24.27, a 13% improvement. Martin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 51.0% of 284,439 all-time
24.27
signature single · Madrid Open 2017
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×324.2732.34
top 51.0%2,261 / 5,141
2×211.7013.02
top 83.6%2,940 / 3,845
Pyraminx17.4128.05
top 88.7%2,483 / 2,865
4×43:29.75
early days — 1 solve1,692 / 1,762

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

Camarma Open 2017: 27.77Madrid Open 2017: 24.2724.2727.7721 Jan 201725 Mar 2017

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.27 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.