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James Jarrett

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022JARR01

James Jarrett has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.68, set at Stevenage May 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 177th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since July 2022, he has put 950 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.64 in July 2022 to 7.68, an 84% improvement. James has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.68
signature single · Stevenage May 2026
950
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×37.689.28
top 2.2%177 / 6,689
2×21.923.91
top 4.2%303 / 4,895
Skewb3.168.12
top 5.8%129 / 2,421
Pyraminx4.536.49
top 10.4%410 / 3,656
3×3 one-handed19.6722.93
top 19.6%375 / 1,851
4×451.381:03.89
top 26.4%593 / 2,071
5×52:09.102:35.68
top 54.9%677 / 1,151
Clock19.4621.89
top 63.1%803 / 1,232
Megaminx3:35.40—
early days — 1 solve907 / 966
Square-11:21.11—
early days — 2 solves748 / 778

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

Norwich Summer 2022: 47.64August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 32.72Stevenage Autumn A 2022: 20.16Essex Winter 2022: 16.24Stevenage January 2023: 19.01Brent Cross Winter 2023: 17.27Wakefield Spring 2023: 17.26Essex Spring 2023: 18.17Stevenage May 2023: 16.50Suffolk Summer 2023: 16.25Stevenage July 2023: 16.35Stevenage September 2023: 13.18Kent Autumn 2023: 13.19Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.98Stevenage January 2024: 13.22Stevenage February 2024: 11.49Stevenage April 2024: 9.83Stevenage June 2024: 10.17Stevenage Beginners September A 2024: 11.00Ipswich Autumn 2024: 8.30Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 10.05Stevenage January 2025: 9.50Stevenage March 2025: 10.26Stevenage April 2025: 9.45Stevenage July 2025: 9.32Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 8.58Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 8.12Stevenage January 2026: 8.94Stevenage May 2026: 7.68Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 8.267.6847.6430 Jul 202228 Aug 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.

  • Albie Cooper — met in 182 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
  • Bo Forsell — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Felix Hincks — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 14 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.