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James Bailey

Pyraminx · top 43.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019BAIL06

James Bailey has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Twisty Taranaki 2021, puts him in the top 43.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 577th in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since December 2019, he has put 28 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 13.75 in December 2019 to 8.80, a 36% improvement. James has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 43.1% of 129,321 all-time
8.80
signature single · Twisty Taranaki 2021
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx8.8013.63
top 43.1%577 / 1,141
2×26.259.50
top 53.4%907 / 1,615
3×326.0731.33
top 54.9%1,161 / 2,095
Skewb14.0816.69
top 75.1%527 / 666

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

Wiscube 2019: 13.75Twisty Taranaki 2021: 8.808.8013.7521 Dec 201920 Mar 2021

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-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.