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James Alonso

3×3 · top 0.031% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018ALON07

James Alonso has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.30, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.031% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in the United Kingdom. Until May 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since August 2018, he has put 3,092 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.21 in August 2018 to 4.30, a 73% improvement. James has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.031% of 284,439 all-time
4.30
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
3,092
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×34.305.74
top 0.031%3 / 6,689
2×20.681.15
top 0.1%9 / 4,895
Pyraminx1.393.29
top 0.3%12 / 3,656
4×424.0929.91
top 0.51%19 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed9.3612.54
top 0.67%16 / 1,851
Megaminx46.5252.56
top 3.6%51 / 966
5×51:01.371:08.97
top 6.3%84 / 1,151
Skewb3.505.87
top 7.8%179 / 2,421
Square-111.6917.38
top 9.2%97 / 778
Clock13.1615.29
top 40.3%537 / 1,232

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

August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 16.21Fontwell Open 2019: 9.83High Wycombe Open 2019: 9.05August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 8.82Guildford Open 2020: 8.00Fontwell Open 2020: 7.87Stevenage Spring 2022: 6.10Stevenage Summer 2022: 5.02August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 6.36Stevenage Autumn B 2022: 6.10Chippenham Autumn 2022: 5.84Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 6.04Wiltshire Winter 2023: 5.29Stevenage January 2023: 5.72Brent Cross Winter 2023: 5.47Wiltshire Spring 2023: 5.88Reading Spring 2023: 5.61Hampshire Spring 2023: 5.43Stevenage June 2023: 4.60Stevenage July 2023: 4.96August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 5.80Kent Autumn 2023: 5.40Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 5.06Stevenage November 2023: 5.58Wiltshire December 2023: 5.52Stevenage January 2024: 5.57Hampshire Winter 2024: 5.72Wiltshire March 2024: 5.45Stevenage April 2024: 4.92Stevenage May 2024: 4.93Stevenage June 2024: 4.88Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 5.89Kewbz UK Open 2024: 5.07Battersea Autumn 2024: 5.42Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 5.67Stevenage December 2024: 5.28Stevenage January 2025: 5.22Stevenage March 2025: 4.93Chichester April 2025: 4.87Stevenage June 2025: 4.78Stevenage July 2025: 4.77Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 5.44Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025: 5.28Stevenage October 2025: 4.99Wiltshire Winter 2025: 5.21Stevenage March 2026: 4.87Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 4.30Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 5.564.3016.2125 Aug 201828 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.