People · Australia
James Branchi
3×3 · top 24.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025BRAN07
James Branchi has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.04, set at WA State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 24.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,262nd in Australia. Across 7 competitions since April 2025, he has put 127 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.62 in April 2025 to 15.04, a 27% improvement. James has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.04 | 18.05 | top 24.6% | 2,262 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 5.54 | top 26.5% | 2,056 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 8.18 | 12.60 | top 42.6% | 1,303 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.29 | 44.78 | top 59.6% | 1,424 / 2,659 |
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
- 4 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.86 at Keep Up Karrinyup 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First competition: Freo Cube-Off 2025. A 21.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Perth Summer 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Move It Midland 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- WA State Championship 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Autumn 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Keep Up Karrinyup 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Freo Cube-Off 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Joel Harrop — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Amy Smith — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Regan Roberts — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.