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James Palmer

2×2 · top 60.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023PALM07

James Palmer has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.05, set at Tassie Winter 2023, puts him in the top 60.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,905th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since March 2023, he has put 31 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.94 in March 2023 to 7.05, an 11% improvement. James has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 60.9% of 186,767 all-time
7.05
signature single · Tassie Winter 2023
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×27.059.36
top 60.9%4,905 / 8,567
3×334.6939.84
top 70.0%7,995 / 11,709
4×42:20.39
early days — 2 solves2,792 / 3,051
Pyraminx25.0735.13
top 96.8%5,858 / 5,993

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

Launceston Autumn 2023: 7.94Tassie Winter 2023: 7.057.057.9425 Mar 202317 Jun 2023

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.