The trouble is that there are dozens of break-out boards for the VL53L1X.
ST makes one which has a square soldering pad on pin 1. When viewed from the sensor side of the board, with the sensor orentated to north and the connector south, pin one will be in the south-east corner.
But look for the solder pad that is square, rather than round. That's pin one on most connectors.
The ST board is marked PCB1540 Rev B.
But if the board is made by any one of the other vendors, then all bets are off.
Good luck,
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