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James Cooper

2×2 · top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022COOP01

James Cooper has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.64, set at Albany Summer Solving 2022, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 775th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since February 2022, he has put 84 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.64
signature single · Albany Summer Solving 2022
84
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.647.59
top 10.3%775 / 8,567
Skewb5.218.42
top 19.8%517 / 3,534
3×319.2723.09
top 37.9%3,666 / 11,709
Pyraminx10.0314.37
top 53.2%3,069 / 5,993
Clock20.6322.55
top 66.5%713 / 1,095

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

Albany Summer Solving 2022: 2.64Albany Summer Solving 2023: 7.45Albany Summer Solving 2024: 4.94Albany Summer Solving 2025: 4.782.647.455 Feb 202225 Jan 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.