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James Bourke

2×2 · top 33.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BOUR04

James Bourke has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.52, set at Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 33.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,609th in Australia. Across 7 competitions since October 2022, he has put 49 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.78 in October 2022 to 20.95, a 30% improvement. James has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 33.2% of 186,767 all-time
4.52
signature single · Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×24.526.50
top 33.2%2,609 / 8,567
3×320.9523.77
top 42.6%4,252 / 11,709

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

Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022: 29.78North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 26.90Marrickville Mega May Open 2023: 22.35Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023: 30.79Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024: 22.10Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024: 20.95Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 22.6320.9530.7916 Oct 202219 May 2024

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.