People · United States
James Karras
3×3 · top 0.51% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017KARR01
James Karras has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.03, set at Long Island Winter 2019, puts him in the top 0.51% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 343rd in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2017, he has put 438 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.41 in April 2017 to 6.03, a 61% improvement. James has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 6.03 | 8.16 | top 0.51% | 343 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.32 | 2.88 | top 1.4% | 600 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.67 | 16.32 | top 1.6% | 253 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 31.03 | 35.53 | top 3.5% | 571 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.10 | 1:05.22 | top 10.1% | 711 / 8,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.63 | 6.55 | top 11.0% | 2,907 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.39 | 1:16.27 | top 13.4% | 1,047 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 4.53 | 6.43 | top 14.8% | 2,329 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 19.00 | 22.08 | top 25.7% | 1,709 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 2:32.99 | 2:47.04 | top 27.2% | 975 / 4,262 |
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
- 31 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at SBU Spring 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019Five personal bests in one day at Long Island Winter 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018Five personal bests in one day at Liberty Science Center Open 2018.
- 22 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Kew Forest Open 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Rutgers Spring 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at New York City Winter 2018.
Competitions
- Brooklyn Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SBU Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Long Island Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Kew Forest Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- New York City Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Fall 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2017 · 22 Apr 2017
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.
- Kymberlyn Calderon — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Lauren Phung — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
- Chris Chi — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.