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James Setterlund

Pyraminx · top 12.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SETT01

James Setterlund has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.91, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,289th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since August 2023, he has put 133 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.75 in August 2023 to 12.33, a 59% improvement. James has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 12.6% of 129,321 all-time
4.91
signature single · Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024
133
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.916.32
top 12.6%3,289 / 28,708
3×312.3316.96
top 15.0%8,048 / 59,724
Skewb5.5510.44
top 22.3%3,559 / 18,907
2×24.366.41
top 31.1%12,385 / 40,951
4×41:01.741:09.63
top 38.3%6,205 / 19,072
5×51:50.382:06.10
top 42.8%3,498 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed29.2733.22
top 44.9%6,075 / 15,683
Megaminx1:58.952:31.22
top 45.1%3,314 / 7,841

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

Santa Ana Summer A 2023: 29.75Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 22.09Poway Cubing Winter 2024: 17.62Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024: 15.44Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 13.03CubeChella 2024: 12.3312.3329.7519 Aug 202314 Dec 2024

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.