People · United Kingdom
James Airey
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022AIRE02
James Airey has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.83, set at Glasgow Spring 2023, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in the United Kingdom. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2022, he has put 258 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.38 in May 2022 to 6.83, a 27% improvement. James has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.83 | 8.40 | top 1.2% | 93 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 31.90 | 37.10 | top 4.2% | 110 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.39 | 17.52 | top 9.0% | 183 / 1,861 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.03 | top 13.4% | 824 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.15 | 7.72 | top 21.1% | 830 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 5.98 | 7.63 | top 25.7% | 598 / 2,439 | |
| Square-1 | 29.02 | 31.27 | top 47.6% | 432 / 789 |
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
- 26 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Glasgow Spring 2023.
- 28 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2022.
- 28 May 2022First competition: Glasgow Open 2022. A 9.70 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Glasgow Open 2022.
Competitions
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Winter 2023 · 27 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Glasgow Open 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
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 Eckersley — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Jaye Sloan — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.