People · United States
Trace Ballard
2×2 · top 23.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018BALL09
Trace Ballard has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.76, set at Cajun Cube Clash 2019, puts him in the top 23.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,207th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2018, he has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.19 in November 2018 to 7.30, a 28% improvement. Trace has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.76 | 7.44 | top 23.5% | 9,207 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.30 | 9.69 | top 30.3% | 8,443 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 26.58 | 30.92 | top 56.0% | 33,030 / 59,724 |
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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Jun 2019First sub-30 3×3: 26.58 at Cajun Cube Clash 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018First competition: Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018. A 41.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cajun Cube Clash 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
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.
- Eli Arnoult — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Matt Lee — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Teri McAcy — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.