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James Stephan

2×2 · top 37.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2020 · 2020STEP02

James Stephan has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.89, set at WA State Championship 2021, puts him in the top 37.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,993rd in Australia. Across 5 competitions since November 2020, he has put 80 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. James has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 37.9% of 186,767 all-time
4.89
signature single · WA State Championship 2021
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×24.8913.30
top 37.9%2,993 / 8,567
Pyraminx8.7214.35
top 42.4%2,307 / 5,993
Skewb11.1616.37
top 61.7%2,048 / 3,534
3×333.7343.57
top 68.7%7,778 / 11,709
Clock27.6933.18
top 81.3%885 / 1,095

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

Speedy South Perth 2020: 35.31South Perth Summer 2020: 33.73Showground Showdown 2021: 38.39Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 38.41WA State Championship 2021: 42.8333.7342.8314 Nov 202017 Jul 2021

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 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.