People · United States
James Jusay
2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023JUSA01
James Jusay has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Super Duper San Diego 2024, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,865th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since May 2023, he has put 388 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.52 in May 2023 to 11.61, a 61% improvement. James has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 4.83 | top 9.8% | 3,865 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.61 | 14.62 | top 12.5% | 6,739 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 6.16 | 9.76 | top 27.0% | 4,395 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.79 | 12.66 | top 34.5% | 9,726 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.47 | 37.24 | top 56.3% | 7,822 / 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
- 9 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2026.
- 28 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 18 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.70 at Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023.
- 18 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Poway Summer Cubing 2023.
- 27 May 2023First competition: Westview Cubing Favorites 2023. A 29.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025
- SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Temecula Valley Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Temecula Valley Spring 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Yucaipa 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Poway Summer Cubing 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2023 · 27 May 2023
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.
- August Barnard — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shane Grogan — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Matthew Dickman — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.