People · United States
Peter Balke
3×3 · top 9.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011BALK01
Peter Balke has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.79, set at Summit City Open 2015, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,440th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2011, he has put 143 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.55 in March 2011 to 10.79, a 35% improvement. Peter has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.79 | 13.37 | top 9.9% | 5,440 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 5.22 | top 12.4% | 4,945 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.75 | 30.25 | top 17.2% | 2,243 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 48.65 | 52.22 | top 23.0% | 3,545 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.75 | 2:09.25 | top 45.9% | 3,849 / 9,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.50 | 15.08 | top 64.0% | 19,185 / 29,168 |
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
- 7 Mar 2015Three personal bests in one day at Summit City Open 2015.
- 27 Sep 2014Four personal bests in one day at Mishawaka Fall 2014.
- 5 Nov 2011First sub-15 3×3: 12.84 at Indiana 2011.
- 5 Mar 2011First competition: Dayton Blind 2011. A 17.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017
- Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Summit City Open 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Mishawaka Fall 2014 · 27 Sep 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Indiana 2011 · 5 Nov 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Dayton Blind 2011 · 5 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Nathan Dwyer — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lucas Etter — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Blake Thompson — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.