People · Ukraine
Volodymyr Baliuk (Володимир Балюк)
3×3 · top 8.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019BALI02
Volodymyr Baliuk (Володимир Балюк) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.44, set at Kyiv Side Events Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 242nd in Ukraine. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2019, he has put 129 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.04 in June 2019 to 10.44, a 20% improvement. Volodymyr has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.44 | 12.70 | top 8.8% | 242 / 2,889 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.45 | 1:15.39 | top 11.8% | 44 / 425 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.38 | 8.51 | top 22.9% | 406 / 1,484 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.60 | 24.66 | top 25.0% | 216 / 765 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 5.38 | top 25.7% | 486 / 1,911 | |
| 4×4 | 51.65 | 53.72 | top 26.8% | 238 / 878 | |
| Clock | 12.48 | 13.36 | top 37.3% | 132 / 354 | |
| Skewb | 7.75 | 12.04 | top 39.5% | 343 / 896 | |
| Square-1 | 46.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 230 / 307 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Sep 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Kyiv Side Events Autumn 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kyiv NxN Summer 2025.
- 8 Jun 2019First competition: Ukrainian Open 2019. A 13.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kyiv Side Events Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Kyiv NxN Summer 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ukrainian Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019
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.
- Vladyslav Zhydkov (Владислав Жидков) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tymofiy Prosianyk (Тимофій Просяник) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yurii Riabov (Юрій Рябов) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 3.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.