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James Auriemma

2×2 · top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018AURI01

James Auriemma has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.21, set at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,504th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since February 2018, he has put 523 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.39 in February 2018 to 14.11, a 47% improvement. James has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.21
signature single · CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022
523
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.215.36
top 6.3%2,504 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.279.51
top 14.9%3,896 / 28,708
3×314.1118.51
top 21.4%11,523 / 59,724
Skewb7.3510.96
top 36.4%6,191 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed36.1249.42
top 59.3%8,309 / 15,683
4×41:32.88—
top 65.8%11,618 / 19,072
Square-146.021:06.76
top 72.2%4,747 / 6,743

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

Penn Cube Day Winter 2018: 26.39Rutgers Spring 2018: 20.77No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 19.84New Hope Open Spring 2018: 19.84First State 2018: 16.89Kew Forest Open 2018: 19.85Princeton Fall 2018: 24.15CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 20.60Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 22.36New Hope Open Winter 2019: 17.07Princeton Winter 2019: 18.78CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 20.35Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 23.08George School Open 2019: 18.58Brooklyn 2019: 21.75Arcadia Summer 2019: 19.46CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 17.04Ridge Cubing Fall 2019: 16.98Brooklyn Fall 2019: 22.03No Place For DNF Fall 2019: 21.39Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 19.41Princeton Winter 2020: 18.93Skewbadelphia Winter 2020: 19.43Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 20.51River Hill Spring 2022: 22.17CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 23.16Owings Mills Summer 2022: 19.50East Brunswick Open 2022: 20.01Penn Cube Day Spring 2023: 15.83Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 14.11GCU Spring 2023: 19.36CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 16.25New Jersey Championship 2024: 17.81Cubing in the Ocean County 2024: 14.72RIT Tiger Twist 2026: 19.8014.1126.394 Feb 20184 Apr 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.

  • AJ Kamal — met in 102 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Livia Kleiner — met in 85 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Tyler Kochy — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.