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James Hudnall

3×3 · top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017HUDN01

James Hudnall has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.14, set at Wake Up Late 2017, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,684th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2017, he has put 68 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.96 in March 2017 to 12.14, a 19% improvement. James has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.14
signature single · Wake Up Late 2017
68
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.1413.56
top 14.4%7,684 / 59,724
2×25.598.22
top 46.4%18,766 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:08.51
early days — 1 solve13,450 / 15,683
Pyraminx21.0425.04
top 94.1%27,479 / 28,708

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

Music City Speedsolving 2017: 14.96Cajun Cube Clash 2017: 14.11Wake Up Late 2017: 12.14DFW Cubing Fiesta August 2018: 15.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 12.93Massachusetts Championship 2019: 13.42CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 14.1212.1415.3811 Mar 20171 Aug 2019

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 0.14 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.