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James Shearwood

Pyraminx · top 2.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015SHEA01

James Shearwood has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.73, set at Melbourne Winter 2018, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 133rd in Australia. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2015, he has put 699 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.58 in May 2015 to 9.84, a 67% improvement. James has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.8% of 129,321 all-time
2.73
signature single · Melbourne Winter 2018
699
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Pyraminx2.733.39
top 2.8%133 / 5,993
2×21.822.97
top 3.7%286 / 8,567
3×39.8411.23
top 7.0%649 / 11,709
Skewb3.487.63
top 7.6%208 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed17.6923.79
top 14.3%324 / 2,659
4×443.3254.39
top 16.2%403 / 3,051
Square-119.9731.50
top 27.9%272 / 899
5×51:32.961:46.56
top 29.8%408 / 1,356
6×63:08.973:14.18
top 45.1%275 / 641
Megaminx2:07.312:34.53
top 49.7%605 / 1,277
Clock19.54—
early days — 2 solves661 / 1,095
7×76:16.37—
early days — 1 solve340 / 523

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

Cube for Cambodia 2015: 29.58Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2015: 19.77Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 14.55Cubing Classic 2016: 12.97Melbourne Autumn 2016: 11.64Connor's Cube Day 2016: 11.70Cube for Cambodia 2016: 13.68Australian Nationals 2016: 10.02Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 11.18POPS Open 2016: 10.44Cube for Cambodia 2017: 10.30Australian Nationals 2017: 10.07Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 10.01Melbourne Winter 2018: 10.91St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 10.67Melbourne Summer 2019: 9.849.8429.5831 May 201526 Jan 2019

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.