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Ryan James

3×3 · top 87.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014JAME04

Ryan James has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 51.47, set at Johannesburg 2014, puts him in the top 87.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,767th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since November 2014, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. Ryan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 87.0% of 284,439 all-time
51.47
signature single · Johannesburg 2014
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×351.471:05.84
top 87.0%1,767 / 2,164
2×216.2727.50
top 92.2%1,317 / 1,510

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

Johannesburg 2014: 51.47Pretoria Science Week 2015: 1:06.22Pops Winter 2015: 56.9151.471:06.2223 Nov 201429 Aug 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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 1.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.