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James Gore

3×3 · top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023GORE03

James Gore has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.37, set at NZ North Island Championship 2024, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 308th in New Zealand. Across 3 competitions since August 2023, he has put 97 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.52 in August 2023 to 12.37, a 20% improvement. James has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.37
signature single · NZ North Island Championship 2024
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×312.3715.25
top 15.2%308 / 2,095
Skewb5.0510.03
top 18.5%148 / 666
Pyraminx6.037.64
top 20.2%283 / 1,141
4×448.6554.52
top 23.0%161 / 722
2×24.114.90
top 27.9%499 / 1,615
5×51:45.912:03.07
top 39.9%135 / 355

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

Tauranga Open 2023: 15.52A New Year in Auckland 2024: 12.60NZ North Island Championship 2024: 12.3712.3715.5219 Aug 202319 Jul 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.