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James Avery
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014AVER01
James Avery has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.39, set at Rocky Top 2023, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,313th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2014, he has put 379 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.37 in October 2014 to 11.82, a 36% improvement. James has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.39 | 7.35 | top 5.0% | 1,313 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.69 | top 11.8% | 4,653 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 39.92 | 45.34 | top 12.0% | 1,781 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 | 11.82 | 12.75 | top 13.3% | 7,112 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.93 | 1:37.45 | top 18.3% | 1,411 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.46 | 1:46.15 | top 27.9% | 1,926 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.89 | 33.86 | top 39.1% | 5,200 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 31.58 | 39.98 | top 52.4% | 3,435 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:38.26 | 3:48.41 | top 58.0% | 2,212 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:10.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,148 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:48.92 | — | top 77.8% | 1,606 / 2,092 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at NCSU Wolfpack 2025.
- 2 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rocky Top 2023.
- 17 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Regionales Medellín 2019.
- 19 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Athens Spring 2016.
- 19 Mar 2016Six personal bests in one day at Athens Spring 2016.
- 18 Oct 2014First competition: Virginia Open Fall 2014. A 18.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2023 · 25 Jun 2023
- Regionales Medellín 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fruit Salad 2018 · 3 Mar 2018
- Wolfpack Winter 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Crossroads Cubing 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Winter 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Discovery Place 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Athens Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Fall 2014 · 18 Oct 2014
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.
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Katie Hull — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Avery — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.