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James Howard Lacea

Pyraminx · top 29.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LACE02

James Howard Lacea has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.17, set at Tagum City Open 2019, puts him in the top 29.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 809th in the Philippines. Across 2 competitions since June 2017, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 11.27 in June 2017 to 7.17, a 36% improvement. James has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 29.3% of 129,321 all-time
7.17
signature single · Tagum City Open 2019
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
Pyraminx7.1712.44
top 29.3%809 / 2,621
3×322.2923.03
top 46.2%4,356 / 6,270
2×25.886.73
top 49.6%2,558 / 4,257

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

Tagum City Open 2017: 11.27Tagum City Open 2019: 7.177.1711.2724 Jun 201710 Aug 2019

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.