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James Lindsay

2×2 · top 39.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LIND05

James Lindsay has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.04, set at Edinburgh Summer 2023, puts him in the top 39.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,087th in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since January 2023, he has put 74 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.64 in January 2023 to 20.06, a 57% improvement. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 39.8% of 186,767 all-time
5.04
signature single · Edinburgh Summer 2023
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×25.046.95
top 39.8%2,087 / 4,895
3×320.0623.64
top 40.1%2,758 / 6,689
Pyraminx8.5510.65
top 41.0%1,664 / 3,656

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

Glasgow Winter 2023: 46.64Glasgow Spring 2023: 24.08Edinburgh Summer 2023: 20.06Glasgow Spring 2024: 25.8020.0646.6427 Jan 20232 Mar 2024

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.