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James Marshall

2×2 · top 24.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016MARS01

James Marshall has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.81, set at Perth Summer 2016, puts him in the top 24.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,850th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since January 2016, he has put 77 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.38 in January 2016 to 15.23, a 17% improvement. James has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 24.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.81
signature single · Perth Summer 2016
77
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.816.15
top 24.1%1,850 / 8,567
3×315.2320.06
top 25.2%2,312 / 11,709
Skewb8.1814.50
top 42.6%1,303 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed40.3358.05
top 65.7%1,560 / 2,659
Pyraminx12.4414.51
top 69.9%4,226 / 5,993
4×41:55.022:03.79
top 79.4%2,412 / 3,051

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

Perth Summer 2016: 18.38Perth Cube-Con 2016: 15.23Perth Winter 2016: 15.9615.2318.3831 Jan 201624 Jul 2016

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.