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Szabolcs Balázsi

2×2 · top 10.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008BALA01

Szabolcs Balázsi has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.65, set at Hungarian Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 137th in Hungary. Across 16 competitions since October 2008, he has put 637 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.91 in October 2008 to 11.16, a 60% improvement. Szabolcs has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.65
signature single · Hungarian Nationals 2016
637
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
2×22.654.49
top 10.4%137 / 919
3×311.1614.12
top 11.0%185 / 1,226
Clock8.2110.60
top 16.3%23 / 185
3×3 one-handed22.8629.01
top 28.4%146 / 445
4×459.671:09.42
top 36.1%195 / 509
5×51:50.082:04.75
top 42.6%117 / 315
Pyraminx9.1812.56
top 46.4%285 / 495
Megaminx2:20.062:51.20
top 56.4%120 / 190
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves49.00
top 62.5%72 / 117
Square-140.9453.56
top 66.5%109 / 167
3×3 blindfolded4:36.31
top 75.5%77 / 102
Skewb15.8427.63
top 80.8%283 / 324
6×65:05.81
top 82.6%111 / 130
7×78:03.01
top 88.7%102 / 116
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 11:49
early days — 1 solve35 / 40

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

Hungarian Open 2008: 27.91Galanta Open 2009: 18.34Mammut Open 2009: 16.65Hungarian Open 2009: 16.33Hungarian Open 2010: 14.33European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 15.22Hungarian Open 2011: 16.17Hungarian Open 2012: 17.16Hungarian Open 2013: 14.91Hungarian Open 2014: 15.41Hungarian Nationals 2015: 14.44Hungarian Open 2015: 11.16Hungarian Nationals 2016: 13.26Hungarian Open 2016: 12.80Hungarian Nationals 2017: 13.2311.1627.9125 Oct 200825 Mar 2017

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.