People · Australia
James Hornby
Pyraminx · top 34.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023HORN10
James Hornby has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.76, set at Brilliant Ballarat 2025, puts him in the top 34.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,796th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.32 in July 2023 to 6.85, a 27% improvement. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.76 | 17.98 | top 34.2% | 1,796 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 6.85 | 8.20 | top 59.2% | 4,748 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 31.46 | 46.51 | top 65.0% | 7,276 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 23.30 | 37.12 | top 93.5% | 3,322 / 3,534 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Jul 2023First competition: Victorian Open 2023. A 44.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brilliant Ballarat 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023
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.
- Levi Benjamin Matara-Ng — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Wakelin — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.