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James Alston
3×3 · top 67.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024ALST03
James Alston has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.64, set at Corinth Comic Con Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 67.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40,311th in the United States. Across 1 competition since November 2024, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 32.64 | 39.58 | top 67.0% | 40,311 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 8.19 | 12.17 | top 69.0% | 28,540 / 40,951 |
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 story so far
- 2 Nov 2024First competition: Corinth Comic Con Cubing 2024. A 32.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Corinth Comic Con Cubing 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
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.
- Joe Kusmierz — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Parker — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Shidemantle — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.64 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.