People · Kenya
James Kariuki
3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025KARI03
James Kariuki has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Gigiri Cubing Open AM 2025, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Kenya. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2025, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. James has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.47 | 11.77 | top 8.9% | 11 / 356 | |
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 4.15 | top 13.4% | 9 / 217 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.15 | 11.61 | top 14.1% | 8 / 148 |
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
- 1 Mar 2025First competition: Gigiri Cubing Open AM 2025. A 11.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back to Kericho 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Gigiri Cubing Open AM 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kelvin Githiari Waturi — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- David Wachira — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Fred Kilele — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.