People · United States
James Lanagan
2×2 · top 7.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016LANA01
James Lanagan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at Classic City Summer 2017, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,031st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2016, he has put 548 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.34 in March 2016 to 11.85, a 61% improvement. James has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 4.44 | top 7.7% | 3,031 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.33 | 7.91 | top 9.3% | 2,418 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.85 | 13.67 | top 13.4% | 7,180 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 15.59 | 25.23 | top 17.8% | 1,205 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 6.09 | 9.09 | top 26.4% | 4,301 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.03 | 33.50 | top 28.8% | 3,728 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 54.13 | 1:03.03 | top 29.7% | 4,652 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.38 | 1:40.78 | top 31.8% | 2,517 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:02.97 | 4:14.85 | top 66.4% | 2,576 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.66 | — | top 69.7% | 5,370 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 6:59.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,515 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 29.78 | 33.92 | top 84.1% | 7,474 / 8,927 |
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
- 27 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019.
- 2 Dec 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Rocky Top 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Classic City Summer 2017.
- 3 Jun 2017Five personal bests in one day at Queen City 2017.
- 29 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at Mountain View Open 2017.
- 5 Nov 2016First sub-30 3×3: 17.27 at Marietta Mystery 2016.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Top 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Terminus 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
- Rocky Top 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018 · 24 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Classic City Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- No Stress Solving 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Queen City 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Mountain View Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Marietta Mystery 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Athens Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 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.
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Katie Hull — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead once
- Raymond Goslow — met in 95 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.