People · United States
James Hui
3×3 · top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024HUIJ02
James Hui has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.38, set at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,126th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2024, he has put 86 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.43 in December 2024 to 12.38, a 20% 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 | 12.38 | 14.02 | top 15.2% | 8,126 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 5.41 | top 26.2% | 10,343 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 55.43 | 1:04.60 | top 31.2% | 4,935 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 7.71 | 14.89 | top 39.1% | 6,719 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.33 | 49.91 | top 56.1% | 7,779 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.99 | 17.80 | top 67.1% | 19,848 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.58 at River Hill Spring 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First competition: River Hill Fall 2024. A 15.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 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.
- Ishmam Mirza — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kobe Balin — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brad Hoffman — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.