People · Canada
James Chan
2×2 · top 37.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025CHAN25
James Chan has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.86, set at Calgary Spring 2026, puts him in the top 37.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,625th in Canada. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.48 in March 2025 to 4.86, a 43% improvement. James has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.86 | 7.53 | top 37.6% | 2,625 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 28.30 | 34.05 | top 59.5% | 6,380 / 10,502 | |
| Pyraminx | 18.44 | 20.98 | top 90.6% | 4,561 / 4,913 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-30 3×3: 28.30 at Calgary Spring 2026.
- 30 Mar 2025First competition: New to Edmonton B 2025. A 49.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Calgary Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- New to Edmonton B 2025 · 30 Mar 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.
- Niels Nijstad — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dylan Vaskevicius — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Griffin Clem — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 3.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.