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James Shields

Pyraminx · top 85.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SHIE01

James Shields has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 16.02, set at Concordia Turning Spring 2024, puts him in the top 85.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,123rd in the United States. Across 1 competition since March 2024, he has put 19 official solves on the record across four events.

Pyraminx
best event — top 85.2% of 129,321 all-time
16.02
signature single · Concordia Turning Spring 2024
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx16.0222.27
top 85.2%25,123 / 28,708
3×351.621:03.41
top 87.1%53,328 / 59,724
Skewb19.0927.32
top 88.2%16,961 / 18,907
2×220.2223.67
top 95.7%39,633 / 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 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.

  • Lisa Berman — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Jace Kennedy — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Kara Paar — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 1.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.