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James Dyer

6×6 · top 1.4% of 17,510 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019DYER01

James Dyer has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 6×6: a personal-best single of 1:26.52, set at Christchurch Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 17,510 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in New Zealand. Until July 2017, no official 6×6 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since March 2019, he has put 2,176 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.53 in March 2019 to 7.40, a 36% improvement. James has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

6×6
best event — top 1.4% of 17,510 all-time
1:26.52
signature single · Christchurch Autumn 2026
2,176
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
6×61:26.521:36.99
top 1.4%6 / 149
Pyraminx2.214.93
top 1.5%46 / 1,141
7×72:15.962:24.51
top 1.8%4 / 126
3×37.409.38
top 1.8%58 / 2,095
5×550.4956.51
top 1.9%14 / 355
4×428.5331.45
top 2.0%26 / 722
2×22.263.45
top 6.7%146 / 1,615
3×3 one-handed14.8818.63
top 7.9%57 / 600
Megaminx57.161:01.99
top 8.5%35 / 283
Skewb4.356.69
top 13.4%106 / 666
Square-118.0628.71
top 23.5%70 / 251
Clock13.8522.02
top 43.2%151 / 303

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

SNZ Southern 2019: 11.53Otago October 2019: 12.20Southern Scramble Dunedin 2021: 9.39New Zealand Nationals 2022: 11.19Southernmost Solving 2023: 7.40Cashmere Open 2023: 11.22Ōtepoti Winter 2023: 9.42New Zealand Nationals 2023: 9.69Southern Solves Invercargill 2024: 9.70NZ South Island Championship 2024: 9.20Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2024: 8.75Waihōpai Winter 2024: 8.90Oamaru Open 2024: 9.25New Zealand Nationals 2024: 9.71Solving in the South Invercargill 2025: 8.29Big and Blind Queenstown 2025: 9.36Queenspark O'Clock 2025: 8.90Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025: 9.80NZ South Island Championship 2025: 8.83Twisty Te Raekura 2025: 9.25Waihopai Winter 2025: 9.32Ōtepoti Big Cubes 2025: 9.14Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 2025: 7.57NxNs in November - Ōtautahi 2025: 8.17Invercargill Summer 2026: 9.38NZ North Island Championship 2026: 10.17Riccarton Newcomer Rumble 2026: 9.32NZ South Island Championship 2026: 9.04Christchurch Autumn 2026: 9.17GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 8.93Christchurch Winter 2026: 9.05Waihopai Winter 2026: 7.957.4012.2030 Mar 201922 Aug 2026

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-1:00 6×6 single — 2 people have one; it is 26.52 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.