People · United Kingdom
James Bell
3×3 · top 37.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025BELL17
James Bell has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.92, set at Wiltshire Spring 2026, puts him in the top 37.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,548th in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since September 2025, he has put 80 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.92 | 23.38 | top 37.0% | 2,548 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.79 | 15.37 | top 43.0% | 1,775 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 8.24 | 11.86 | top 43.2% | 1,031 / 2,439 | |
| 2×2 | 6.26 | 9.80 | top 53.6% | 2,806 / 4,946 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.00 | 1:45.24 | top 61.5% | 1,364 / 2,112 | |
| Clock | 23.08 | — | top 72.7% | 927 / 1,255 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.92 at Wiltshire Spring 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Spring 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First competition: Corby Autumn 2025. A 20.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Wiltshire Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Corby Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 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.
- Sam Hunt — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Blue James — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Callum Inglis — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.92 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.