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Ryder Ballinger

3×3 · top 29.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023BALL12

Ryder Ballinger has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.48, set at Nub Open Lake Forest 2024, puts him in the top 29.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,110th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2023, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.49 in August 2023 to 16.48, a 30% improvement. Ryder has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.3% of 284,439 all-time
16.48
signature single · Nub Open Lake Forest 2024
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.4818.35
top 29.3%16,110 / 59,724
2×24.266.36
top 29.8%11,839 / 40,951
Skewb7.9112.61
top 40.6%7,021 / 18,907
4×41:08.281:23.57
top 45.1%7,503 / 19,072
Pyraminx9.3310.87
top 47.6%13,746 / 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

Santa Ana Summer B 2023: 23.49Irvine Fall 2023: 20.92Nub Open Lake Forest 2024: 16.48Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025: 17.4816.4823.4919 Aug 202330 Mar 2025

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.