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James Deibert

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016DEIB01

James Deibert has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.81, set at Calgary Summer Classic 2023, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in Canada. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since January 2016, he has put 2,058 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.76 in January 2016 to 6.81, a 78% improvement. James has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.81
signature single · Calgary Summer Classic 2023
2,058
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×36.819.33
top 1.1%117 / 10,392
2×21.892.92
top 4.1%257 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed12.9915.84
top 4.4%100 / 2,620
Pyraminx3.365.04
top 4.9%174 / 4,858
4×433.3640.38
top 5.3%122 / 3,118
Skewb3.645.23
top 8.6%171 / 2,907
Clock7.209.47
top 11.7%83 / 1,029
5×51:16.591:25.48
top 16.5%198 / 1,499
Megaminx1:12.811:21.54
top 17.3%156 / 1,375
Square-115.6221.68
top 17.8%149 / 952
7×73:45.204:14.36
top 25.4%106 / 503
6×62:29.762:41.46
top 25.5%128 / 665
3×3 blindfolded1:55.933:58.55
top 32.2%106 / 351
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 30:05—
top 42.8%45 / 112
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves45.33
top 44.7%139 / 283
4×4 blindfolded31:01.00—
early days — 1 solve59 / 60

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

Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 30.76Calgary Open Spring 2016: 17.40Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 14.47Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 12.23Too Much Cubing 2017: 13.35QUALberta 2017: 14.46Canadian Open 2017: 12.84Sherwood Park Open Summer 2017: 12.14Foothills Fall 2017: 13.22Cubing Under the Stars 2018: 11.04Battle for Foothills Limited 2018: 10.09Canada's Best in the West 2018: 10.90Foothills Fright 2018: 11.84Edmonton New Year 2019: 11.22Canada's Wild West 2019: 9.563x3 Only Calgary 2019: 10.37Foothills Final Fight 2019: 10.48Sherwood Park Summer 2019: 8.83Strathcona 2019: 10.12Solved Central Alberta 2019: 11.40Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020: 10.06Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 10.56Spruce Grove Summer 2022: 9.33Edmonton Summer Twist 2022: 9.52Rockies Rager Fall 2022: 9.66Sylvan Solves 2022: 9.83Grande Prairie Open 2022: 9.85Welcome Back Calgary 2023: 8.04Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023: 9.12Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2023: 8.20Solved Central Alberta 2023: 9.91Canadian Championship 2023: 9.22Calgary Summer Classic 2023: 6.81Odd Day in Sylvan 2023: 9.45Saskatchewan Open 2023: 8.96Foothills NxNs 2023: 8.61Afraid in Airdrie 2023: 10.11Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2024: 9.81Battle of Alberta 2024: 8.49New to Sherwood Park 2024: 9.20Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024: 8.90Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2024: 8.62NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024: 8.00Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024: 8.23Solved Central Alberta 2024: 9.69Canadian Prairie Championship 2024: 9.43Solved Central Alberta 2025: 9.58Red Deer Favourites 2026: 10.426.8130.7630 Jan 201614 Feb 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.