People · Canada
James Huxley Bower
2×2 · top 15.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023BOWE03
James Huxley Bower has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.12, set at Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,067th in Canada. Across 4 competitions since February 2023, he has put 97 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.72 in February 2023 to 3.12, a 34% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 3.99 | top 15.7% | 1,067 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.41 | 7.88 | top 15.9% | 640 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 | 13.04 | 15.90 | top 17.6% | 1,683 / 10,502 | |
| Clock | 14.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 403 / 1,057 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.57 | 1:19.48 | top 50.3% | 1,396 / 3,180 | |
| Square-1 | 31.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 465 / 973 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.27 | 32.61 | top 51.9% | 1,210 / 2,632 | |
| 5×5 | 3:01.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,121 / 1,546 |
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
- 30 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.95 at Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023.
- 26 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickering D 2023.
- 26 Feb 2023First competition: London Winter B 2023. A 16.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- London Winter B 2023 · 26 Feb 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.
- Felix Burke — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kai Wen Yang — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tin Huang — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.