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Samuel Ballas

Pyraminx · top 0.63% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023BALL02

Samuel Ballas has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Germany. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since March 2023, he has put 1,559 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.19 in March 2023 to 7.38, a 68% improvement. Samuel has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.63% of 129,321 all-time
1.67
signature single · Rubik's German Nationals 2026
1,559
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
Pyraminx1.673.72
top 0.63%10 / 1,987
3×37.389.85
top 1.8%107 / 4,109
2×21.422.52
top 1.8%80 / 2,875
4×432.4139.68
top 4.5%92 / 1,934
Skewb3.255.87
top 6.3%79 / 1,169
Clock5.846.70
top 6.7%40 / 634
Megaminx58.841:09.17
top 9.4%64 / 787
5×51:07.731:16.91
top 10.1%102 / 1,158
3×3 one-handed16.3219.15
top 11.0%142 / 1,314
Square-118.5729.42
top 24.7%116 / 533
6×62:36.632:50.49
top 29.0%134 / 586
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
top 40.9%147 / 338
3×3 blindfolded2:25.83—
top 41.9%132 / 343
7×74:44.704:59.05
top 46.0%182 / 510
4×4 blindfolded16:05.00—
early days — 1 solve68 / 85

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

Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 23.19German Nationals 2023: 14.39Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023: 13.54Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023: 14.43NxNxNürtingen 2023: 12.68South Germany 2023: 13.85Kölner Kubing 2023: 12.44Leersum Algs 2024: 12.77Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024: 9.73Kölner Kubing 2024: 11.13Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 11.05Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 9.28Dutch Nationals 2024: 8.79Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024: 8.88Aachen Open 2025: 9.39Mainzelcubing 2025: 9.50Hessen Mini Open 2025: 8.13Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 8.04Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 9.57South Germany 2025: 10.12Rhön Open 2026: 9.66Amsterdam Open 2026: 10.00Quick Q.bing Q.lisse 2026: 9.80Darmstadt Open 2026: 7.59Hessen Open 2026: 7.38CuBonn Open 2026: 8.19Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.94Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 8.517.3823.194 Mar 202328 Aug 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.