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James Kropiwka

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018KROP03

James Kropiwka has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Cubetcha 2022, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,981st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2018, he has put 201 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.31 in June 2018 to 8.38, a 54% improvement. James has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.38
signature single · Cubetcha 2022
201
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.3810.22
top 3.5%1,981 / 59,724
4×442.8255.59
top 15.5%2,348 / 19,072
2×23.344.63
top 18.3%7,152 / 40,951
5×51:31.281:47.39
top 28.3%2,225 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed23.5130.89
top 30.1%3,901 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves
top 40.9%879 / 2,040
Pyraminx9.9011.77
top 52.2%15,203 / 28,708
Skewb10.2314.75
top 56.3%10,246 / 18,907
7×75:20.605:39.24
early days — 3 solves1,689 / 3,184
Megaminx2:41.01
top 66.4%5,091 / 7,841

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

Coach Pigeon 2018: 18.31Sioux Falls Summer 2018: 19.43Madison Blind N Stuff 2018: 15.09Cubetcha 2018: 15.13Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 11.30CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 10.85North Star Cubing Challenge 2020: 10.13Cubetcha 2022: 8.388.3819.4323 Jun 20188 Oct 2022

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.