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Samuel Ballenger

3×3 · top 38.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021BALL01

Samuel Ballenger has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.58, set at Project Pawłowice 2021, puts him in the top 38.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,863rd in Germany. Across 1 competition since August 2021, he has put 12 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 38.7% of 284,439 all-time
19.58
signature single · Project Pawłowice 2021
12
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×319.5822.75
top 38.7%1,863 / 4,109
2×25.678.16
top 47.3%1,540 / 2,875
4×41:11.78
early days — 2 solves928 / 1,934

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 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 4.58 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.