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James Golding

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017GOLD02

James Golding has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.72, set at Stevenage March 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 187th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 65 competitions since July 2017, he has put 3,153 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.61 in July 2017 to 7.72, a 43% improvement. James has entered 65 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.72
signature single · Stevenage March 2025
3,153
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×37.7211.00
top 2.3%187 / 6,689
Clock5.076.33
top 4.6%66 / 1,232
Skewb3.096.43
top 5.4%122 / 2,421
Megaminx51.9958.19
top 6.0%82 / 966
2×22.223.97
top 6.4%456 / 4,895
4×437.1341.69
top 8.8%206 / 2,071
5×51:09.081:15.26
top 11.0%147 / 1,151
Pyraminx4.819.05
top 12.0%474 / 3,656
Square-113.3720.06
top 12.7%130 / 778
6×62:07.432:18.93
top 14.3%86 / 548
7×73:21.753:40.31
top 16.9%76 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves47.00
top 17.4%82 / 372
3×3 one-handed21.1725.27
top 23.7%442 / 1,851
3×3 blindfolded1:51.002:33.00
top 30.3%132 / 311
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 16:35—
top 50.4%81 / 126

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

London Open 2017: 13.61Manchester Open 2018: 14.38High Wycombe Open 2018: 14.81Hastings Open 2018: 14.76Peterborough Open 2018: 10.45August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 12.76UK Championship 2018: 12.25Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 12.81Cambridge Open 2018: 12.81London Open 2019: 11.86High Wycombe Open 2019: 11.43British Summer Open 2019: 13.68August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 11.84Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019: 11.89UK Championship 2019: 12.20Weston-super-Mare Open 2019: 11.40Malta Open 2019: 10.88Fontwell Open 2020: 13.24Essex Winter 2022: 9.16Wiltshire Winter 2023: 10.21Essex Spring 2023: 11.16Stevenage July 2023: 10.58Wiltshire Autumn 2023: 10.96Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.24Stevenage January 2024: 11.61Bristol Winter 2024: 10.17Stevenage April 2024: 11.37Crewe Spring 2024: 10.48Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 9.69Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 9.19Bristol Summer 2024: 10.86Chichester Summer 2024: 10.75Kewbz UK Open 2024: 11.92Stevenage Beginners September A 2024: 9.72Battersea Autumn 2024: 10.73Stevenage October 2024: 11.07Hampshire Autumn 2024: 10.35Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 12.35Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 11.19Norwich Winter 2024: 10.62Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 9.89Chichester January 2025: 9.90Hampshire Winter 2025: 10.84Stevenage March 2025: 7.72Wiltshire Spring 2025: 11.00Chichester April 2025: 10.19Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 10.24Bristol August 2025: 12.14Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025: 11.16Corby Autumn 2025: 10.34Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 12.26Wiltshire Winter 2025: 10.60Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 11.23Wiltshire Spring 2026: 10.63Brighton 3x3 Day 2026: 11.39Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026: 10.78Bristol June 2026: 11.81Bristol August 2026: 10.31Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 11.697.7214.818 Jul 201728 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
  • A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.