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Nathaniel Balitza

3×3 · top 69.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024BALI02

Nathaniel Balitza has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.49, set at It's About Time Bloomsburg 2024, puts him in the top 69.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42,169th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since April 2024, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. Nathaniel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 69.7% of 284,439 all-time
34.49
signature single · It's About Time Bloomsburg 2024
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×334.4944.42
top 69.7%42,169 / 59,724
2×210.0916.69
top 78.3%32,410 / 40,951
Pyraminx18.4123.31
top 90.6%26,580 / 28,708

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

It's About Time Bloomsburg 2024: 34.49Puzzles in Pottsville 2024: 41.8734.4941.8727 Apr 20248 Jun 2024

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.49 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.