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James Dale
Pyraminx · top 12.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024DALE01
James Dale has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.80, set at Edinburgh Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 474th in the United Kingdom. Across 12 competitions since March 2024, he has put 347 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.38 in March 2024 to 11.59, a 73% improvement. James has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.80 | 10.18 | top 12.0% | 474 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 | 11.59 | 14.98 | top 12.5% | 894 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 5.04 | top 16.1% | 952 / 4,946 | |
| Clock | 10.94 | 14.22 | top 29.7% | 395 / 1,255 | |
| Skewb | 8.34 | 16.81 | top 44.0% | 1,045 / 2,439 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.58 | 2:37.08 | top 47.9% | 571 / 998 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.52 | 1:39.67 | top 61.9% | 1,371 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.53 | 51.86 | top 72.2% | 1,281 / 1,861 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Falkirk Open 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.59 at Glasgow Autumn Open 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Glasgow Autumn Open 2025.
- 30 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.86 at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 30 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 23 Jun 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.40 at Edinburgh Summer Beginners 2024.
Competitions
- Brampton Autumn 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Farewell Strathclyde University 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Side Events Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Autumn Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025 · 28 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer Beginners 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Rylan Cheng-Brown — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bella Campbell — met in 64 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.