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James Gonsalves

Pyraminx · top 7.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015GONS01

James Gonsalves has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.89, set at Oculus Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 404th in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since December 2015, he has put 1,907 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.42 in December 2015 to 11.63, a 60% improvement. James has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.1% of 129,321 all-time
3.89
signature single · Oculus Cube Open 2023
1,907
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx3.896.05
top 7.1%404 / 8,934
2×22.594.37
top 9.8%797 / 12,146
4×439.4243.00
top 11.4%315 / 4,186
Megaminx1:04.361:11.15
top 12.3%107 / 1,443
3×311.6312.77
top 12.6%1,484 / 20,018
Clock7.7212.06
top 13.8%112 / 1,092
7×73:12.203:29.15
top 14.0%46 / 360
5×51:14.641:23.07
top 15.0%163 / 1,525
3×3 one-handed18.9023.16
top 17.5%599 / 4,516
6×62:14.312:20.59
top 17.5%81 / 531
Skewb5.258.57
top 20.1%560 / 3,524
Square-127.0240.44
top 43.6%305 / 805
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves42.67
top 48.3%225 / 600

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 29.42Indian Nationals 2016: 23.75SCMU 2016: 20.67Praxis Open 2016: 20.63Maharashtra Championship 2016: 22.21Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 26.64Polyhedra Open 2017: 25.32SCMU ICT Open 2017: 21.32Indian Nationals 2017: 20.37Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017: 18.43SCMU 2017: 19.18Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017: 17.13Durgesha Open 1.0 2017: 14.92Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 18.09Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018: 14.12Cube Challenge Quark 2018: 17.66RGIT Cube Open 2018: 16.08Versatile Cube Open 2018: 13.88Primus Cube Open - May 2018: 17.45Indian Nationals 2018: 17.18Cube Fiesta Surat 2018: 12.96Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 13.32CubeHub 2.0 Open 2018: 13.40KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 15.37Five Rivers Cube Open 2018: 13.03VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018: 14.65Oculus Cube Open 2019: 13.46Saraswati Open 2019: 13.16Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 16.76Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 13.93Dream City Cube Open 2019: 13.77Tesseract Open 2019: 14.47Oculus Cube Open 2020: 13.15Saraswati Open 2020: 13.29Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 12.67Mumbai Winter Open 2022: 13.02Korum Cube Challenge 2023: 11.89BlithCube Open 2023: 12.10Saraswati Open 2023: 12.39Oculus Cube Open 2023: 12.69Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023: 11.63Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 12.52Mumbai Twistathon 2024: 12.57Mumbai Winter Open 2024: 16.47Korum Cube Challenge 2025: 16.65Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025: 12.93Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025: 20.23Mumbai Winter Open 2025: 13.8711.6329.4226 Dec 201528 Dec 2025

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.