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Shyam Hari Hara Balan

3×3 · top 44.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023BALA20

Shyam Hari Hara Balan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.79, set at Claws Up Winter 2023, puts him in the top 44.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,533rd in India. Across 4 competitions since October 2023, he has put 21 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.10 in October 2023 to 21.79, a 43% improvement. Shyam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.9% of 284,439 all-time
21.79
signature single · Claws Up Winter 2023
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×321.7929.69
top 44.9%6,533 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed1:23.19
early days — 2 solves4,043 / 4,516

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

Davis Fall 2023: 38.10Claws Up Winter 2023: 21.79Folsom Winter 2023: 31.46SacCubing XVI 2024: 27.1021.7938.1029 Oct 202320 Jan 2024

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 one-handed single — 61,825 people have one; it is 23.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.