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James Sheridan

2×2 · top 46.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015SHER04

James Sheridan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.61, set at Johannesburg Open 2015, puts him in the top 46.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 514th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since August 2015, he has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. James has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 46.6% of 186,767 all-time
5.61
signature single · Johannesburg Open 2015
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×25.616.85
top 46.6%514 / 1,510
3×324.7227.66
top 52.0%789 / 2,164
Pyraminx13.7816.43
top 76.8%678 / 946
4×42:27.662:50.69
top 91.2%406 / 491

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

Pretoria Science Week 2015: 24.72Pops Winter 2015: 25.97Johannesburg Open 2015: 25.2624.7225.978 Aug 201529 Nov 2015

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.