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James Childs

Clock · top 47.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHIL05

James Childs has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 14.81, set at Adelaide Summer 2026, puts him in the top 47.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 483rd in Australia. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. James has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 47.2% of 32,048 all-time
14.81
signature single · Adelaide Summer 2026
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Clock14.8117.03
top 47.2%483 / 1,095
3×330.5735.81
top 63.5%7,048 / 11,709
2×28.8413.97
top 72.7%6,011 / 8,567

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

Marino Madness 2025: 30.57Adelaide Summer 2026: 39.35Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026: 33.2330.5739.3530 Nov 202522 Aug 2026

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-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 2.81 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.