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James Chadwick

2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015CHAD01

James Chadwick has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Canberra Spring 2016, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 660th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2015, he has put 156 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.33 in December 2015 to 10.95, a 43% improvement. James has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.48
signature single · Canberra Spring 2016
156
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.484.05
top 8.7%660 / 8,567
3×310.9513.18
top 10.3%911 / 11,709
Skewb4.457.24
top 14.1%368 / 3,534
Pyraminx6.189.74
top 21.3%1,065 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed33.1541.54
top 53.7%1,257 / 2,659
Square-134.9440.78
top 58.3%566 / 899

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

Sydney Summer 2015: 19.33Canberra Autumn 2016: 19.96Australian Nationals 2016: 15.47Canberra Spring 2016: 11.40Sydney Championship 2016: 13.06Sydney Winter 2017: 10.9510.9519.9619 Dec 201517 Jun 2017

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.