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James Kirschner

2×2 · top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022KIRS01

James Kirschner has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.76, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Australia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 54 competitions since May 2022, he has put 2,404 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.77 in May 2022 to 5.83, an 83% improvement. James has entered 54 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time
0.76
signature single · Australian Nationals 2025
2,404
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.761.66
top 0.18%37 / 8,567
3×35.837.34
top 0.39%46 / 11,709
Skewb1.813.48
top 0.95%37 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed10.7514.42
top 1.6%38 / 2,659
4×427.7130.12
top 1.7%44 / 3,051
Pyraminx2.583.77
top 2.4%116 / 5,993
5×553.981:00.24
top 3.0%42 / 1,356
Clock5.136.21
top 4.8%67 / 1,095
6×61:51.661:56.54
top 7.8%47 / 641
Square-111.1316.57
top 8.2%83 / 899
Megaminx57.541:04.46
top 8.7%113 / 1,277
7×73:06.353:17.22
top 12.3%58 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves37.67
top 23.4%116 / 468
3×3 blindfolded7:08.83—
early days — 1 solve374 / 394

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

Canberra Autumn 2022: 33.77NSW Open 2022: 22.04Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 15.46Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022: 14.81South Coast Spring 2022: 15.26Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 14.47Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 10.87North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 10.06Laguna Speedcubing Open 2023: 11.42Chilling in Canberra 2023: 11.46Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 9.68Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 11.02Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023: 10.68Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023: 9.80Simple Sydney Sunday 2023: 8.87Australian Nationals 2023: 7.54Sydney Summer 2023: 7.22Cubing at The Cube 2024: 9.06Going Back to the Gong 2024: 8.48Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 7.58Pasig Summer Sides 2024: 7.59Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024: 8.64Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 8.16Kiama Winter 2024: 7.53Chilling in Canberra Saturday 2024: 7.34Australian Nationals 2024: 7.77Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 7.49Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 7.48Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 7.50Canberra Spring 2024: 7.24Maitland Spring 2024: 7.65Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 8.12Luzon Championship 2025: 7.88Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025: 7.14NSW State Championship 2025: 7.12Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025: 7.26Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025: 5.83Australian Nationals 2025: 7.57Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025: 6.41Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 6.37Luzon Championship 2026: 6.71NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 6.42Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 6.78Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 6.67Australian Nationals 2026: 6.24Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026: 6.405.8333.777 May 202230 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.