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James Holowinski

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024HOLO01

James Holowinski has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.47, set at Washtenaw Mini 3 2024, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 807th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since January 2024, he has put 800 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.56 in January 2024 to 7.94, a 41% improvement. James has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.47
signature single · Washtenaw Mini 3 2024
800
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.472.90
top 2.0%807 / 40,951
3×37.9410.00
top 2.7%1,545 / 59,724
4×430.9335.72
top 3.4%545 / 19,072
5×51:05.681:10.18
top 8.8%688 / 9,401
Skewb3.845.41
top 9.8%1,507 / 18,907
6×62:10.062:19.94
top 15.4%550 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed18.1623.39
top 15.5%1,997 / 15,683
Pyraminx5.6910.59
top 17.7%4,697 / 28,708
Square-119.9232.22
top 27.8%1,831 / 6,743
7×73:53.954:05.06
top 28.4%797 / 3,184
Clock13.2516.54
top 40.7%3,245 / 8,927
Megaminx2:47.94—
top 69.4%5,344 / 7,841

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

Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024: 13.56Washtenaw Winter 2024: 16.51Michigan Mini 15 2024: 13.67Washtenaw Newcomers 2024: 14.23Michigan Mega Madness 2024: 12.71Michigan Mini 18 2024: 13.46Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 13.98Michigan Mini 19 2024: 13.22Michigan Championship 2024: 10.52Michigan Mini 20 2024: 9.51Michigan Mini 21 2024: 11.43Washtenaw Summer 2024: 10.55Michigan Mini 23 2024: 11.30Washtenaw Mini 2 2024: 11.99Michigan Mini 25 2024: 9.36Washtenaw Mini 3 2024: 11.85Washtenaw Winter 2025: 9.80Michigan Mini 28 2025: 11.32Bowling Green 2025: 9.85Michigan Mini 30 2025: 9.93Michigan Mini 31 2025: 8.79Villanueva Open 2025: 11.16Michigan Medium 2025: 10.83Bowling Green Spring 2026: 7.94CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 9.14Wild West Wyoming 2026: 9.447.9416.517 Jan 202425 Jul 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.