Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → James Leo Charbonneau

People · United States

James Leo Charbonneau

3×3 · top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023CHAR02

James Leo Charbonneau has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.93, set at Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,198th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since January 2023, he has put 151 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.44 in January 2023 to 12.93, a 49% improvement. James has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.93
signature single · Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024
151
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.9317.05
top 17.2%9,198 / 59,724
2×25.957.77
top 50.4%20,467 / 40,951
Skewb9.4815.71
top 51.7%9,279 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed36.8938.60
top 60.6%8,518 / 15,683

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

Cubing For Water Winter 2023: 25.44CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 22.40Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023: 18.99Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 16.56Virginia Championship 2023: 17.53NoVa Cube Winter 2024: 16.03Plum Puzzles 2024: 16.42CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 17.09Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024: 12.93Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 13.8612.9325.447 Jan 20239 Nov 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.