People · United States
James Chang
3×3 · top 40.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010CHAN10
James Chang has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.27, set at Captain's Cove competition 2012, puts him in the top 40.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,156th in the United States. Across 20 competitions since May 2010, he has put 103 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.61 in May 2010 to 20.27, a 32% improvement. James has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 20.27 | 23.11 | top 40.7% | 23,156 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,424 / 2,040 | |
| 2×2 | 14.93 | 24.21 | top 90.4% | 37,600 / 40,951 |
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
- 29 May 2010First competition: Captain's Cove competition 2010. A 29.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015 · 3 Oct 2015
- Norwich Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 2015
- CCFC BLD Day 2014 · 28 Jun 2014
- Newark Head to Head 2013 · 18 May 2013
- Monmouth County Open 2013 · 12 Jan 2013
- Captain's Cove competition 2012 · 26 May 2012 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2012 · 18 Feb 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2011 · 5 Nov 2011
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011
- Princeton Fall 2011 · 24 Sep 2011
- Yale Fall 2011 · 10 Sep 2011
- Hackley Summer 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Captain's Cove competition 2011 · 28 May 2011
- Cornell Spring 2011 · 23 Apr 2011
- Newark Head to Head 2011 · 19 Mar 2011
- Washington DC Winter 2011 · 19 Feb 2011 — 1 personal best set
- St. Joseph's College Winter 2011 · 15 Jan 2011
- Liberty Science Center Open 2010 · 18 Dec 2010
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010
- Captain's Cove competition 2010 · 29 May 2010
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.
- Mike Kotch — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bob Burton — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kian Barry — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.