People · United Kingdom
James Edward Thornton
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018THOR07
James Edward Thornton has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Uşak Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 267th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2018, he has put 453 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.00 in August 2018 to 12.00, a 25% improvement. James has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 4.29 | top 3.7% | 267 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.93 | 7.35 | top 12.8% | 494 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 12.00 | 16.09 | top 13.9% | 965 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 6.71 | 14.49 | top 31.3% | 741 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 58.52 | 1:09.69 | top 34.9% | 772 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.03 | 2:04.80 | top 45.3% | 560 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.06 | 42.83 | top 62.5% | 1,074 / 1,851 | |
| 6×6 | 4:37.54 | — | top 76.6% | 445 / 548 | |
| Square-1 | 1:14.62 | — | early days — 1 solve | 733 / 778 |
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
- 29 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Good Old Days Ankara 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Ankara Winter 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Bursa Winter 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Bursa Winter 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Six personal bests in one day at Uşak Open 2018.
- 25 Aug 2018First competition: August Bank Holiday Competition 2018. A 16.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ankara December 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
- Ankara Bulut 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
- Ankara Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Good Old Days Ankara 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Eskişehir Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
- Ankara Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Bursa Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Uşak Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Ankara Summer 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 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.
- Ahmet Çınar Ablak — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Can Gücüyener — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Can Ersoy — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.