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James Phipps-Denti
Pyraminx · top 10.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024PHIP01
James Phipps-Denti has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.51, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,681st in the United States. Across 13 competitions since February 2024, he has put 373 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.92 in February 2024 to 16.71, a 27% improvement. James has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.51 | 6.34 | top 10.3% | 2,681 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 5.50 | top 12.1% | 4,777 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 10.63 | 11.30 | top 28.2% | 2,181 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 16.71 | 20.30 | top 30.1% | 16,540 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 8.70 | 10.35 | top 46.4% | 8,205 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:46.91 | 3:16.02 | top 69.0% | 5,310 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.30 | 59.19 | top 74.1% | 10,738 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Jul 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.09 at Lincoln Library Cubing 2024.
- 19 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First competition: DuPage Winter 2024. A 22.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Evanston Qualifier 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025
- Chicagoland Newcomers 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DuPage Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shhicago II 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mt. Prospect Mini Marathon 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lincoln Library Cubing 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Countless Cubes Chicagoland B 2024 · 5 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Naperville Winter 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
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.
- Ant Irizarry — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 65 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leah Hamende — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.