People · United States
James Lee
3×3 · top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018LEEJ06
James Lee has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.18, set at Quick in Quincy 2024, puts him in the top 31.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,442nd in the United States. Across 9 competitions since October 2018, he has put 48 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.18 in October 2018 to 17.18, a 37% improvement. James has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.18 | 22.67 | top 31.6% | 17,442 / 59,724 | |
| 7×7 | 7:11.00 | 7:30.97 | early days — 3 solves | 2,592 / 3,184 |
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 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.48 at Cubing in Beverly 2022.
- 6 Oct 2018First competition: MIT Fall 2018. A 27.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Quick in Quincy 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Cambridge 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Cubing in Cambridge 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
- Cubing in Beverly 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
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.
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tim Reynolds — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Cohen — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
- A sub-5:00 7×7 single — 7,196 people have one; it is 2:11.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.