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James Chapman

Pyraminx · top 16.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021CHAP02

James Chapman has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.54, set at Twisty Taranaki 2022, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 236th in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since August 2021, he has put 43 official solves on the record across five events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.13 in August 2021 to 5.54, a 32% improvement. James has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 16.7% of 129,321 all-time
5.54
signature single · Twisty Taranaki 2022
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx5.5410.43
top 16.7%236 / 1,141
2×24.306.49
top 30.3%537 / 1,615
3×318.9525.26
top 37.0%753 / 2,095
4×41:17.781:35.14
top 54.1%366 / 722
5×52:47.462:52.04
top 73.7%260 / 355

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

NZ North Island Championship 2021: 8.13Twisty Taranaki 2022: 5.545.548.1313 Aug 202123 Apr 2022

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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.