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Yannick Balsiger

3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017BALS01

Yannick Balsiger has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.33, set at Swiss Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since July 2017, he has put 1,517 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.44 in July 2017 to 9.33, a 54% improvement. Yannick has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.33
signature single · Swiss Nationals 2019
1,517
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
3×39.3311.85
top 5.7%71 / 1,197
2×22.134.15
top 5.7%87 / 913
Skewb3.246.74
top 6.3%33 / 388
Pyraminx5.117.39
top 13.9%123 / 655
3×3 one-handed18.6421.94
top 16.8%60 / 367
Megaminx1:12.921:19.88
top 17.4%34 / 207
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves46.00
top 17.4%24 / 97
4×445.4551.10
top 18.9%75 / 462
5×51:20.591:28.28
top 19.6%45 / 266
6×62:51.643:00.35
top 36.9%44 / 141
Clock12.8215.57
top 38.9%97 / 226
7×74:42.904:48.32
top 45.4%49 / 118
Square-141.7751.06
top 67.6%112 / 159

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

Swiss Open 2017: 20.44Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 19.06Zurich Open 2017: 19.75Suisse Toy Fast Fingers 2017: 16.70Berlin Kubus Projekt 2017: 15.50Swiss Nationals 2017: 12.67Liechtenstein Open 2018: 13.75Belfort Open 2018: 14.69Xlingen Open 2018: 14.20Swisscubing Cup I 2018: 11.99Wiler Würfelfest 2018: 13.76Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018: 12.85Zurich Open 2018: 15.55Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018: 13.16Hotel Cube 2018: 10.30Zentralschweiz 2018: 13.72WCA European Championship 2018: 11.28Swisscubing Cup III 2018: 11.79Swiss Nationals 2018: 11.27Argovia Open 2018: 12.05Ticino Open 2018: 10.27Swisscubing Cup I 2019: 11.03D-City Cubing 2019: 11.14Zentralschweiz 2019: 11.28German Open 2019: 11.59Swisscubing Cup II 2019: 12.69Vorarlberg Open 2019: 12.63Swiss Nationals 2019: 9.33Swisscubing Cup II 2023: 10.979.3320.4421 Jul 201718 Mar 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.