People · United States
Levi Sylvester James
Pyraminx · top 2.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021JAME02
Levi Sylvester James has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.71, set at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 726th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2021, he has put 496 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.78 in October 2021 to 10.16, a 51% improvement. Levi has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.71 | 7.98 | top 2.7% | 726 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 10.16 | 13.60 | top 7.9% | 4,371 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.00 | 5.60 | top 10.9% | 1,680 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.66 | top 13.3% | 5,240 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 49.01 | 1:02.15 | top 23.5% | 3,578 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.57 | 27.79 | top 24.8% | 3,200 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.34 | 1:48.13 | top 27.2% | 1,874 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 11.23 | 12.08 | top 31.2% | 2,453 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.68 | 2:27.64 | top 58.0% | 4,948 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 35.18 | — | top 58.8% | 3,877 / 6,743 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2023.
- 22 Jun 2023Nine personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 6 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at DFW Spring Warmup 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023.
- 15 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Winter 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.11 at Cubing For Water Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Colorado Springs Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- Keep Austin Weird 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Austin Tiny Puzzles 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Spring Warmup 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing For Water Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall AM 2021 · 9 Oct 2021
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Baumbach — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Casey Ngo — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.