People · United States
Brian James
3×3 · top 14.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019JAME02
Brian James has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.20, set at Kent Spring 2026, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,951st in the United States. Across 11 competitions since May 2019, he has put 229 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.46 in May 2019 to 12.20, a 30% improvement. Brian has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.20 | 16.38 | top 14.7% | 7,951 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.70 | 15.98 | top 16.0% | 2,538 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 6.76 | top 17.5% | 6,941 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.66 | 15.15 | top 41.9% | 12,216 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.18 | 36.39 | top 42.5% | 5,778 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.39 | 1:13.08 | top 44.4% | 7,441 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.88 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,486 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 3:18.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,826 / 9,537 |
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
- 24 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Washington Championship 2020.
- 1 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.87 at Yakima Valley Cubing Spring 2019.
- 4 May 2019First competition: Puget Sound Spring 2019. A 17.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tacoma Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
- Kent Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024
- UW or U Don't 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Lakewood Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Summer 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Washington Championship 2020 · 24 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon State Favorites 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Yakima Valley Cubing Spring 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Spring 2019 · 4 May 2019
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.
- Ash Black — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Siauw — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Ekstrom — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.