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James Ouyang
3×3 · top 51.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2006 · 2006OUYA01
James Ouyang has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.40, set at Cornell Spring competition 2007, puts him in the top 51.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29,942nd in the United States. Across 11 competitions since January 2006, he has put 95 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.01 in January 2006 to 24.40, a 56% improvement. James has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 24.40 | 30.16 | top 51.3% | 29,942 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 12.44 | 14.82 | top 85.6% | 35,544 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 2:21.44 | — | top 89.5% | 17,057 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 5:36.14 | — | top 98.1% | 9,290 / 9,401 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Jan 2007First sub-30 3×3: 25.69 at Caltech Winter competition 2007.
- 14 Jan 2006First competition: Caltech Winter competition 2006. A 56.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Summer 2011 · 7 Aug 2011
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009
- Captain's Cove competition 2008 · 24 May 2008
- Princeton Open 2008 · 22 Mar 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Pleasantville Fall competition 2007 · 3 Nov 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring competition 2007 · 22 Apr 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Cornell Spring competition 2007 · 31 Mar 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter competition 2007 · 13 Jan 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Fall competition 2006 · 18 Nov 2006
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter competition 2006 · 14 Jan 2006
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bob Burton — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Patrick Jameson — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.40 away.
- A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.