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James Goodwin

3×3 · top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016GOOD06

James Goodwin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.06, set at Brent Cross Winter 2023, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 768th in the United Kingdom. Across 7 competitions since November 2016, he has put 137 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.85 in November 2016 to 11.06, a 66% improvement. James has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.06
signature single · Brent Cross Winter 2023
137
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×311.0613.30
top 10.7%768 / 6,689
2×22.785.01
top 11.8%741 / 4,895
Pyraminx5.9811.92
top 19.9%773 / 3,656
4×456.061:04.20
top 32.0%716 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed24.9337.85
top 34.0%612 / 1,851
Skewb8.2419.72
top 43.1%1,020 / 2,421

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

UK Championship 2016: 32.85Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017: 20.64London Open 2017: 20.49UK Championship 2017: 15.13WCA European Championship 2018: 15.24UK Championship 2018: 13.24Brent Cross Winter 2023: 11.0611.0632.854 Nov 201618 Feb 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.