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James Ballantine

Pyraminx · top 2.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018BALL01

James Ballantine has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.70, set at Glasgow Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in the United Kingdom. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since January 2018, he has put 2,099 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.57 in November 2019 to 8.39, a 42% improvement. James has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.7% of 129,321 all-time
2.70
signature single · Glasgow Autumn 2023
2,099
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Pyraminx2.704.14
top 2.7%104 / 3,656
5×554.561:01.19
top 3.2%48 / 1,151
2×21.783.98
top 3.5%255 / 4,895
3×38.3910.29
top 3.5%285 / 6,689
6×61:40.011:50.45
top 4.1%28 / 548
4×432.5337.14
top 4.6%120 / 2,071
3×3 Multi-Blind22 of 24 cubes · 56:19—
top 4.8%10 / 126
7×72:41.922:52.98
top 5.9%27 / 459
3×3 blindfolded40.6953.36
top 7.0%33 / 311
4×4 blindfolded3:00.324:04.34
top 8.0%10 / 84
Megaminx57.871:05.49
top 8.9%112 / 966
Clock7.798.85
top 14.2%206 / 1,232
Skewb4.506.30
top 14.5%335 / 2,421
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves36.33
top 14.8%67 / 372
Square-115.5826.13
top 17.7%176 / 778
5×5 blindfolded10:29.00—
top 23.5%20 / 50
3×3 one-handed21.9128.92
top 25.8%471 / 1,851

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

Weston-super-Mare Open 2019: 14.57Wakefield Open 2022: 9.98West London Open 2022: 11.38Weston-super-Mare Open 2022: 10.04Stevenage Spring 2022: 9.62Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 11.30Suffolk Summer 2023: 10.12Wiltshire Autumn 2023: 8.39Glasgow Autumn 2023: 11.09Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 9.48Stevenage January 2024: 10.88Manchester Spring 2024: 9.65Manchester June 2024: 9.67Bristol Summer 2024: 9.19Kewbz UK Open 2024: 9.80Wiltshire September 2024: 10.48Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 10.43Prague CubeMas 2024: 10.97Bristol Winter Open 2024: 9.40Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 8.85Hvidovre NxN 2025: 8.91Hampshire Winter 2025: 10.30Wiltshire Spring 2025: 9.57Manchester Spring 2025: 10.08Berakas Cubing 2025: 8.67Ibagué Mercacentro II 2025: 9.79Viña Cubing Fest V SC 2025: 8.65Portugal Championship 2025: 9.55Wiltshire Winter 2025: 8.77Wiltshire Spring 2026: 8.71Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026: 9.08Manchester Cubing League - Third 2026: 9.75South Wales Summer 2026: 9.94Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 9.398.3914.5723 Nov 201928 Aug 2026

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 4.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.