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James Manguyen

3×3 · top 17.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017MANG06

James Manguyen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.14, set at Berkeley Summer 2017, puts him in the top 17.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,588th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2017, he has put 36 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.60 in April 2017 to 13.14, a 36% improvement. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.9% of 284,439 all-time
13.14
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2017
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.1416.01
top 17.9%9,588 / 59,724
2×24.069.07
top 27.3%10,764 / 40,951
Megaminx2:33.71
top 63.0%4,782 / 7,841
Pyraminx11.4314.36
top 63.5%18,725 / 28,708
4×41:31.78
early days — 2 solves11,426 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed43.94
early days — 1 solve10,119 / 15,683

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

Berkeley Spring 2017: 20.606.25 Bay Area 2017: 17.86San Ramon 2017: 17.72Berkeley Summer 2017: 13.1413.1420.6015 Apr 201716 Sep 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.