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James Dunleavy
Pyraminx · top 12.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022DUNL02
James Dunleavy has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.86, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024, puts him in the top 12.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 161st in Ireland. Across 8 competitions since November 2022, he has put 158 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 9.98 in November 2022 to 4.86, a 51% improvement. James has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.86 | 6.54 | top 12.3% | 161 / 924 | |
| 2×2 | 5.52 | 10.55 | top 45.6% | 576 / 1,190 | |
| 3×3 | 22.98 | 29.93 | top 48.0% | 690 / 1,465 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.58 at Solving by the Shannon 2023.
- 27 Nov 2022First competition: Tuam Open Sunday 2022. A 33.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gort-a Go Fast 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Mayo Cubing 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mayo Cubing 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving by the Shannon 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Tuam Open Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022
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.
- Conor Smith — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ben Timmons — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rían Burke — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.