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James LaChance

2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010LACH01

James LaChance has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at Sunny Showdown 2018, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,139th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since February 2010, he has put 1,228 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.06 in February 2010 to 12.15, a 53% improvement. James has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.40
signature single · Sunny Showdown 2018
1,228
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.403.14
top 8.0%3,139 / 40,951
3×312.1515.45
top 14.4%7,702 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.1411.30
top 29.0%8,022 / 28,708
4×41:16.431:22.23
top 52.9%8,978 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,178 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:27.08—
top 60.2%1,264 / 2,092
Skewb19.8228.55
top 89.3%17,198 / 18,907

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

Indiana Winter 2010: 26.06Battle of Lexington 2010: 18.02DeVry University Open 2010: 15.72Dayton Open 2010: 15.75Dayton Blind 2011: 13.83UIndy Open 2011: 13.71Ohio Open 2011: 14.71United States National Championships 2011: 16.30Dayton Fall 2011: 15.00Indiana 2011: 13.21New Albany 2012: 15.66United States National Championships 2012: 16.08UIUC Fall 2012: 13.71Indiana 2012: 16.63Dixon Winter 2013: 15.33UIUC Spring 2013: 14.46Dayton Open 2013: 14.03New Albany 2013: 15.39Tree Town 2013: 16.63World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 16.35Indiana 2013: 12.59Leaf Town 2013: 16.31Hillsdale Fall 2013: 14.99UIUC Fall 2013: 13.96Blizzard Town 2014: 12.15Fantastic Michigan Competition 2014: 12.94Holy Toledo Winter 2014: 14.62Dixon Spring 2014: 15.65Minnesota Cube Melt 2014: 15.93US Nationals 2014: 15.97Florida Feast 2014: 14.22Florida Spring 2015: 14.90Peach State 2015: 13.76Cubing Knights 2015: 13.19US Nationals 2015: 16.02Atlanta Open 2015: 15.45MCC Gamma 2015: 15.23Cubetoberfest 2015: 17.48Florida Feast 2015: 13.31For The Love Of Cubing 2016: 14.62Spring Scramble 2016: 13.85Central Florida Summer 2016: 15.41Cubing Knights 2016: 15.56US Nationals 2016: 12.99For The Love Of Cubing 2017: 13.00All Aboard 2017: 12.48Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017: 14.49Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 13.25CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 15.61Cubing Knights 2017: 14.29Winter Warmup 2018: 14.22STEM Educ8 2018: 14.91CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 14.06Sunny Showdown 2018: 13.72Indialantic Open 2018: 18.48CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 14.42CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 15.5412.1526.0627 Feb 20101 Aug 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.