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Oliver Stanley Ballard
Pyraminx · top 25.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024BALL02
Oliver Stanley Ballard has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.73, set at Minxing in Memphis 2025, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,032nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2024, he has put 48 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.83 in January 2024 to 25.25, a 12% improvement. Oliver has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.73 | 14.60 | top 25.6% | 7,032 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 25.25 | 29.37 | top 53.2% | 31,124 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 3:38.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,833 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 12.56 | 15.60 | top 85.8% | 35,665 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:20.01 | — | early days — 1 solve | 14,228 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 3:02.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 18,584 / 19,072 |
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
- 6 Jan 2024First competition: Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024. A 28.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minxing in Memphis 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roman Wofford — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thaddeus Vacca — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.