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James Hamory

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009HAMO01

James Hamory has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at BASC 7 2015, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,341st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since December 2009, he has put 1,827 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.03 in December 2009 to 7.70, a 76% improvement. James has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.70
signature single · BASC 7 2015
1,827
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.708.86
top 2.3%1,341 / 59,724
4×431.2639.15
top 3.6%589 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed12.5716.10
top 3.8%554 / 15,683
2×21.883.31
top 4.0%1,585 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.615.13
top 5.9%1,521 / 28,708
5×51:14.431:27.61
top 14.9%1,149 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.00
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
Square-118.5926.31
top 24.8%1,638 / 6,743
Skewb6.2311.58
top 27.6%4,504 / 18,907
Megaminx1:32.931:37.77
top 30.0%2,107 / 7,841
6×62:47.933:02.23
top 35.1%1,259 / 4,196
7×74:38.254:49.13
top 43.9%1,272 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded3:00.32—
top 52.5%1,114 / 2,092
Clock18.4121.57
top 60.0%5,043 / 8,927

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

Discovery Science Center Winter 2009: 32.03Caltech Winter 2010: 21.88San Diego Open 2010: 18.03Marymount Open 2010: 16.21Caltech Winter 2011: 16.97Caltech Spring 2011: 12.73Caltech Fall 2011: 10.18Caltech Winter 2012: 10.19Caltech Spring 2012: 9.22Antelope Valley Summer 2012: 10.43United States National Championships 2012: 8.81Nisei Week 2012: 10.08Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012: 9.05Caltech Fall Open 2012: 8.02Antelope Valley Winter 2013: 9.44Caltech Winter Open 2013: 9.36Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013: 7.93Diamond Bar Spring Open 2013: 7.81Caltech Spring Open 2013: 8.63San Diego Summer Splash 2013: 8.80World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 8.64Nisei Week 2013: 8.21Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 8.68Caltech Fall Open 2013: 8.00Caltech Winter Open 2014: 9.33Caltech Spring Open 2014: 8.47San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 8.80US Nationals 2014: 9.43Nisei Week 2014: 8.32Antelope Valley Fall 2014: 9.08Caltech Fall Open 2014: 8.81Newport Winter Open 2014: 8.37Nub Open 2015: 8.52St. Francis Winter Open 2015: 8.89Caltech Winter Open 2015: 8.27Alliance for Education 2015: 8.33BASC 7 2015: 7.70US Nationals 2015: 8.04Nisei Week 2015: 8.62Irvine Fall 2015: 7.83Caltech Fall 2015: 7.96St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 8.21Nisei Week 2016: 7.75Nepali Nationals 2019: 8.85Colorado Cubing Weekend 2025: 7.877.7032.0319 Dec 20096 Sep 2025

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 1.70 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.