People · United States
James Hilbert
3×3 · top 30.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024HILB01
James Hilbert has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.78, set at Corpus Christi Summer 2025, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,677th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2024, he has put 60 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.00 in January 2024 to 16.78, a 48% improvement. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 16.78 | 22.14 | top 30.3% | 16,677 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.34 | 9.86 | top 54.4% | 22,208 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.57 | — | top 64.8% | 11,387 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:50.74 | — | top 74.9% | 6,684 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.39 | 16.90 | top 75.0% | 22,206 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.59 | — | early days — 3 solves | 11,634 / 15,683 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Corpus Christi Summer 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.13 at Space City Winter TX 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.24 at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First competition: Space City Winter 2024. A 32.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Corpus Christi Summer 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
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.
- Matt Lee — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincent Robert Ford — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Nicholas Edward Oppermann — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.