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Daniel M. James

Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012JAME04

Daniel M. James has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at SSN Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 157th in India. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 90 competitions since October 2012, he has put 1,163 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 49.76 in January 2013 to 2.80, a 94% improvement. Daniel has entered 90 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time
2.80
signature single · SSN Cube Open 2018
1,163
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx2.805.89
top 3.0%157 / 8,934
2×22.173.98
top 6.0%461 / 12,146
Square-112.6016.17
top 11.1%61 / 805
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves37.33
top 12.2%32 / 600
3×311.9715.91
top 13.8%1,660 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed17.5522.51
top 13.9%475 / 4,516
3×3 blindfolded1:04.901:35.93
top 14.6%60 / 598
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 13 cubes · 55:47—
top 14.9%12 / 168
4×41:09.141:33.55
top 46.0%1,516 / 4,186
4×4 blindfolded17:08.00—
top 83.3%54 / 69
Clock30.7754.91
top 85.3%848 / 1,092
Skewb19.8031.02
top 89.3%2,812 / 3,524
Megaminx5:38.75—
early days — 1 solve1,368 / 1,443
5×56:04.54—
early days — 1 solve1,474 / 1,525

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

Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 49.76CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 10.48Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 4.87VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 6.07Prasadz ICC Juniors 2013: 5.64Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 5.78Drishti Cube Open 2017: 7.43National Cubing Region Open 2017: 7.42Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017: 6.20CET Cubing Paradox 2017: 5.90Drishti Cube Open 2018: 5.21Inquivesta Cube Open 2018: 7.41Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 5.51Sangrah Cube Open 2018: 6.51Daksh Open Cube 2018: 6.22Cult A Way Cube Open 2018: 6.27SRM Cube Open 2018: 6.63SNU Open 2018: 6.07Cubing Kerala Adaar Open 2018: 5.99GhanaTantra 2018: 7.20Venice of the East Open 2018: 7.79The Choice Cube Open 2018: 5.00SSN Cube Open 2018: 2.80Cochin Monsoon Open 2018: 6.14IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 3.62CMI Autumn Open 2018: 6.20Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 6.36VDCA Winter Open 2019: 6.03Daksh Cube Open 2019: 4.90Cult A Way Cube Open 2019: 4.91mcubes Open 2019: 5.01SSN Cube Open 2019: 5.15Chennai Cube Open 2019: 6.77Knights Cubing Open 2019: 6.86KES Cube Open 2019: 4.87Amrita Cube Open 2020: 6.00Cult A Way Cube Open 2020: 5.262.8049.765 Jan 20139 Feb 2020

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.