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James Thelin

2×2 · top 18.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023THEL01

James Thelin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at Cuboss Open 2024, puts him in the top 18.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 500th in Sweden. Across 8 competitions since January 2023, he has put 182 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.58 in January 2023 to 14.99, a 19% improvement. James has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 18.0% of 186,767 all-time
3.32
signature single · Cuboss Open 2024
182
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
2×23.326.54
top 18.0%500 / 2,325
3×314.9918.52
top 24.4%610 / 2,925
Skewb5.9312.49
top 25.2%329 / 1,173
Pyraminx7.5910.54
top 32.8%658 / 1,730
Clock18.2721.70
top 59.6%324 / 546

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

Kubsala Winter 2023: 18.58Cuboss Open 2023: 14.99Uppsalaligan 1: Lycium Barbarum - 2023: 17.20Uppsalaligan 2: Malus Domestica - 2023: 18.44Uppsalaligan 3: Vaccinium Oxycoccos - 2023: 17.49SveKub Super League V: Uppsala 2023: 17.76Uppsalaligan Final: Mangifera Indica - 2023: 17.70Cuboss Open 2024: 15.1614.9918.5813 Jan 20236 Apr 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.