People · Germany
Salimot Balogun
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016BALO01
Salimot Balogun has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2024, puts her in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 169th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2016, she has put 186 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her Skewb best has come down from 9.40 in July 2016 to 3.46, a 63% improvement. Salimot has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 3.60 | top 3.7% | 169 / 2,875 | |
| Skewb | 3.46 | 4.77 | top 7.5% | 95 / 1,169 | |
| 3×3 | 10.03 | 13.64 | top 7.5% | 385 / 4,109 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.25 | 7.58 | top 14.8% | 381 / 1,987 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.13 | 1:18.78 | top 49.9% | 946 / 1,934 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 624 / 1,158 | |
| Square-1 | 54.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 421 / 533 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2024.
- 19 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2022.
- 10 Jun 2017Nine personal bests in one day at Berlin Summer Cube Days 2017.
- 2 Jul 2016First competition: Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016. A 15.30 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 Jul 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.46 at Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016.
- 2 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Berlin Winter Cubing 2019 · 19 Jan 2019
- Berlin Summer Cube Days 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 9 personal bests set
- Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests 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 her.
- Jan Bentlage — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Konstantin Jaehne — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as she improves.