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James Chapman

3×3 · top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014CHAP02

James Chapman has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.31, set at Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,660th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since February 2014, he has put 93 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 24% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.08 in February 2014 to 13.31, a 53% improvement. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.31
signature single · Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×313.3118.76
top 18.5%1,660 / 11,709
2×24.366.07
top 31.1%2,429 / 8,567
4×41:21.331:25.46
top 57.0%1,583 / 3,051
Skewb10.5916.13
top 58.5%1,915 / 3,534
Pyraminx11.9113.37
top 66.6%3,994 / 5,993

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

Melbourne Summer 2014: 28.08Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014: 19.25Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015: 13.31Melbourne Autumn 2015: 16.3813.3128.0815 Feb 201422 Mar 2015

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.

  • Jayden McNeill — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Alex Chen — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Tim Major — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.