People · Canada
James Hocevar
Pyraminx · top 0.22% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016HOCE02
James Hocevar has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.31, set at Battle of Waterloo 2019, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Canada. Until June 2017, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since December 2016, he has put 449 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.92 in December 2016 to 10.79, a 36% improvement. James has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.31 | 2.67 | top 0.22% | 7 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 4.40 | top 7.2% | 466 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 10.79 | 12.49 | top 9.8% | 899 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 4.92 | 7.32 | top 17.5% | 400 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.33 | 32.17 | top 29.6% | 661 / 2,620 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 38.67 | top 30.0% | 94 / 283 | |
| Square-1 | 24.86 | 42.71 | top 38.8% | 339 / 952 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.52 | 1:40.32 | top 55.5% | 1,551 / 3,118 |
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
- 16 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2018.
- 27 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Oakville Limited Winter 2018.
- 17 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Newmarket Open 2017.
- 10 Dec 2016First competition: Toronto Limited Fall 2016. A 16.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Leap to Barrie 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- No 3x3x3 Cambridge 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Autumn Limited 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Americas 2018 · 4 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- No 3x3x3 Mississauga 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Waterloo 2018 · 3 Jun 2018
- Niagara Select 2018 · 7 Apr 2018
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Americas 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- London Limited Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Limited Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016
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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Roan Paone — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Joaquin Abarca — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.