People · South Africa
James Laughton
3×3 · top 93.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025LAUG01
James Laughton has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:06.08, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026, puts him in the top 93.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,989th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since November 2025, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:34.30 in November 2025 to 1:06.08, a 30% improvement. James has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 1:06.08 | 1:21.77 | top 93.7% | 1,989 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 27.96 | 1:19.39 | top 98.5% | 1,477 / 1,510 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025. A 1:34.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
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.
- Marike Faught — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Osman Badroodin — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ian Luies — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 6.08 away.
- A sub-25 2×2 single — 182,590 people have one; it is 2.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.