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James Salyers
Pyraminx · top 35.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023SALY01
James Salyers has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.90, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024, puts him in the top 35.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,998th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2023, he has put 70 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.31 in January 2023 to 18.80, a 40% improvement. James has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.90 | 8.65 | top 35.4% | 9,998 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 18.80 | 22.55 | top 36.5% | 20,529 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.78 | 6.72 | top 36.5% | 14,600 / 40,951 |
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
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 19.71 at Vermont Cubikon 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.71 at Vermont Cubikon 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First competition: Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023. A 31.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Vermont Cubikon 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Panthers Cube Day 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
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.
- Derek White — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jesse Mailloux — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles Amarello — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.