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Shyam Balaji

3×3 · top 71.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017BALA06

Shyam Balaji has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.53, set at IIA Summer Open April 2017, puts him in the top 71.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43,197th in the United States. Across 1 competition since April 2017, he has put 10 official solves on the record across two events.

3×3
best event — top 71.2% of 284,439 all-time
35.53
signature single · IIA Summer Open April 2017
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×335.5342.75
top 71.2%43,197 / 59,724
2×214.0916.36
top 89.0%36,994 / 40,951

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.53 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.