People · United States
James A. Faul
3×3 · top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019FAUL02
James A. Faul has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.10, set at Minnesota Meetup III Wednesday 2024, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,842nd in the United States. Across 9 competitions since June 2019, he has put 110 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.74 in June 2019 to 11.10, a 61% improvement. James has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 11.10 | 15.49 | top 10.8% | 5,842 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 54.34 | 1:01.95 | top 29.9% | 4,693 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.27 | 5.02 | top 30.0% | 11,893 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 25.85 | 28.07 | top 41.0% | 2,658 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.82 | 2:24.50 | top 49.5% | 3,679 / 7,841 |
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
- 3 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Meetup III Wednesday 2024.
- 5 Dec 2021First sub-20 3×3: 16.67 at Cubetcha B 2021.
- 5 Dec 2021First sub-15 3×3: 12.84 at Cubetcha B 2021.
- 22 Jun 2019First competition: Minnesota Qualifier 2019. A 28.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hampton Beach Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Twice the Mini-sota 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SPAMtown III MN 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Minnesota Meetup III Wednesday 2024 · 3 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Side Events Minnesota 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2022 · 31 Dec 2022
- Cubetcha 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha B 2021 · 5 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Qualifier 2019 · 22 Jun 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.
- Lisa Kucala — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Tyler Robinson — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carl Overbye — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 4.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.