People · United States
James Akins
2×2 · top 5.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024AKIN07
James Akins has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Arkansas Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,307th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2024, he has put 245 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.02 in November 2024 to 14.45, a 28% improvement. James has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 5.87 | top 5.7% | 2,307 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.28 | 15.79 | top 22.1% | 6,033 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 14.45 | 18.26 | top 22.6% | 12,426 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 9.01 | 15.94 | top 48.6% | 8,779 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.70 | 51.20 | top 63.5% | 9,087 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.54 | — | top 69.7% | 12,657 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 3:14.36 | — | top 82.5% | 7,677 / 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
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at OKC Winter 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at OKC Winter 2026.
- 18 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.88 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025.
- 18 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024First competition: Arkansolve Fall 2024. A 23.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arkansas Cube Day 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansas Championship 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- OKC Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Arkansolve Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Arkansas Championship 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arkansolve Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Moses McQueed — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Pilat — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Titus Sutterfield — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.