People · United States
James Bell
Clock · top 22.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025BELL07
James Bell has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 9.43, set at Brown County Blitz 2026, puts him in the top 22.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,706th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since April 2025, he has put 248 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.28 in April 2025 to 18.96, a 57% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 9.43 | 10.62 | top 22.1% | 1,706 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.28 | 8.99 | top 30.2% | 8,377 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.31 | 5.63 | top 30.5% | 12,127 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.27 | 10.59 | top 35.8% | 6,060 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 18.96 | 23.58 | top 37.0% | 20,825 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.35 | 2:06.74 | top 42.8% | 3,114 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.39 | — | top 52.0% | 8,779 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.42 | 1:01.33 | top 74.3% | 10,765 / 15,683 |
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
- 20 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.96 at Ohio Championship 2025.
- 16 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bowling Green Fall 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 31 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.53 at Fun in Muncie 2025.
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Fun in Muncie 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: Preble Spring 2025. A 44.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hancock County Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Brown County Blitz 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio Championship 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bowling Green Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Fun in Muncie 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Goshen Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emery McFeeter — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Braden Richards — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.