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James Gluskie
Pyraminx · top 7.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022GLUS01
James Gluskie has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.86, set at Launceston Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2022, he has put 217 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 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.79 in January 2022 to 10.20, a 31% improvement. James has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.86 | 5.77 | top 7.0% | 306 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 10.20 | 13.34 | top 8.0% | 735 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 3.07 | 4.24 | top 15.1% | 1,153 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 50.10 | 1:07.24 | top 24.8% | 623 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 14.17 | 18.45 | top 44.6% | 463 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.39 | 36.65 | top 49.8% | 1,158 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:32.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 936 / 1,356 | |
| 7×7 | 9:02.02 | 9:31.63 | early days — 3 solves | 475 / 523 |
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
- 25 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Launceston Autumn 2023.
- 8 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Tassie Summer 2023.
- 14 Jan 2022First competition: Tassie Summer - Sorell 2022. A 14.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Try Cubing Hobart 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tassie Summer 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tassie Winter 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Launceston Autumn 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Tassie Summer 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tassie Summer - Sorell 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 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.
- Jode Brewster — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oliver Clark — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Veer Liu Dogra — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.