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Shane Balzano

3×3 · top 56.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023BALZ03

Shane Balzano has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.00, set at Virginia Championship 2023, puts him in the top 56.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33,560th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2023, he has put 35 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.44 in October 2023 to 27.00, a 19% improvement. Shane has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 56.8% of 284,439 all-time
27.00
signature single · Virginia Championship 2023
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.0030.16
top 56.8%33,560 / 59,724
Pyraminx11.1619.65
top 61.7%18,129 / 28,708
2×211.2912.55
top 82.3%34,182 / 40,951
Megaminx3:50.37
early days — 2 solves7,106 / 7,841
4×42:41.05
early days — 2 solves18,000 / 19,072
Clock48.45
early days — 1 solve8,674 / 8,927

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

Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 33.44River Hill Fall 2023: 27.09Virginia Championship 2023: 27.0027.0033.447 Oct 202310 Nov 2023

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.