People · United States
James Ghanem
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025GHAN01
James Ghanem has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.30, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,118th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2025, he has put 171 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.30 in August 2025 to 9.30, a 30% improvement. James has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 9.30 | 11.33 | top 5.6% | 3,118 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.16 | 18.67 | top 10.6% | 1,405 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.80 | 1:07.59 | top 11.4% | 771 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 40.91 | 47.85 | top 13.2% | 1,960 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 5.00 | top 20.5% | 8,023 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 17.08 | 23.04 | top 21.2% | 1,413 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.74 | 1:30.31 | top 23.1% | 1,789 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 6.45 | 9.36 | top 29.3% | 4,805 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.19 | 12.97 | top 37.8% | 10,780 / 28,708 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 22 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Penn Cube Day Spring 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at King of Prussia Spring 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025First competition: CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025. A 17.68 3×3 single to start from.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.30 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- LCCC Cubing Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Ephrata Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- King of Prussia Spring 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ayden Dincher — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leland Pak — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.