People · United Kingdom
James Blackwell
3×3 · top 6.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BLAC02
James Blackwell has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.44, set at Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 455th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2022, he has put 288 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.01 in April 2022 to 9.44, a 55% improvement. James has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.44 | 10.54 | top 6.0% | 455 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.74 | 10.72 | top 11.6% | 464 / 3,704 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 4.57 | top 15.6% | 930 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 15.81 | 18.12 | top 80.8% | 1,981 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:19.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,750 / 1,861 |
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
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024.
- 15 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022.
- 4 Jun 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.67 at Victorian Open 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022First competition: Solving in Sale 2022. A 21.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nimble Newborough 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Penang Cube Open 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2022 · 9 Apr 2022
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zayd Chaudhry — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lochitha Subasinghe — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.