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James Macdiarmid

3×3 Multi-Blind · top 0.19% of 4,268 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015MACD03

James Macdiarmid has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 Multi-Blind: a personal-best single of 55 of 58 cubes · 59:15, set at NZ North Island Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.19% of the 4,268 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in New Zealand. Across 110 competitions since June 2015, he has put 4,589 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.51 in June 2015 to 6.22, a 57% improvement. James has entered 110 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Multi-Blind
best event — top 0.19% of 4,268 all-time
55 of 58 cubes · 59:15
signature single · NZ North Island Championship 2026
4,589
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×3 Multi-Blind55 of 58 cubes · 59:15—
top 0.19%1 / 49
2×20.862.97
top 0.31%22 / 1,615
3×36.228.29
top 0.63%24 / 2,095
3×3 blindfolded17.5320.61
top 0.71%2 / 86
Megaminx35.6639.46
top 0.72%5 / 283
4×428.2735.67
top 1.9%24 / 722
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves28.67
top 3.0%4 / 111
5×557.641:03.75
top 4.4%24 / 355
Pyraminx3.415.01
top 5.1%87 / 1,141
3×3 one-handed14.7717.54
top 7.6%56 / 600
Clock6.538.70
top 9.2%41 / 303
6×61:56.982:03.83
top 9.9%20 / 149
Skewb4.046.35
top 11.2%95 / 666
7×73:08.853:16.28
top 13.0%21 / 126
Square-115.8819.86
top 18.4%53 / 251
4×4 blindfolded9:49.78—
early days — 1 solve14 / 23

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

Wellington Winter 2015: 14.51Hamilton Spring 2015: 12.98Wellington Autumn 2016: 11.88Hamilton Winter 2016: 11.44Palmerston North 2016: 10.28New Zealand Nationals 2016: 9.99Mind Games 2017: 9.57SNZ Southern 2017: 10.07Techweek NZ 2017: 9.71Latin America Cubing Tour - Santiago 2017: 8.59Latin America Cubing Tour - Montevideo 2017: 9.78Latin America Cubing Tour - Cochabamba 2017: 9.07Latin America Cubing Tour - Arequipa 2017: 8.27Latin America Cubing Tour - Lima 2017: 9.72Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017: 9.63Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017: 8.74World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.27SNZ Northern 2017: 8.29Supreme South Open 2017: 10.53Australian Nationals 2017: 9.76Hamilton Spring 2017: 10.34New Zealand Nationals 2017: 10.05NxNZ Open 2018: 9.31Mind Games 2018: 8.82SNZ Southern 2018: 8.34Palmerston North 2018: 9.77SNZ Northern 2018: 8.73Irish Championship 2018: 8.03WCA European Championship 2018: 11.43Batam Open 2018: 9.93Indonesian Championship 2018: 9.13WCA Asian Championship 2018: 10.62Auckland Spring 2018: 9.36Australian Nationals 2018: 9.50New Zealand Nationals 2018: 9.06Mind Games 2019: 7.87SNZ Southern 2019: 7.91NxNZ 2019: 9.55Koalafication Palmy 2019: 8.89Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019: 8.85Warm Up Canberra 2019: 7.96Warm Up Sydney 2019: 7.58WCA World Championship 2019: 8.57Otago October 2019: 9.44New Zealand Nationals 2019: 8.86Wellington Mind Games 2020: 9.29Auckland Summer Open 2020: 7.97New Zealand Nationals 2020: 8.06A New Year in Auckland 2021: 9.01Wellington Mind Games 2021: 8.51NZ South Island Championship 2021: 8.89Palmerston North 2021: 9.20Nimble Napier 2021: 8.53Southern Scramble Dunedin 2021: 8.74NZ North Island Championship 2021: 8.14Lyttelton Spring 2021: 7.93Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022: 8.66Puzzling Porirua 2022: 7.17NZ South Island Championship 2022: 8.08NZ North Island Championship 2022: 7.43New Zealand Nationals 2022: 7.00Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 8.98Tauranga Open 2023: 8.33NZ North Island Championship 2023: 7.94New Zealand Nationals 2023: 8.83Lyttelton Summer 2024: 8.09Beachside Auckland 2024: 7.13NZ South Island Championship 2024: 7.40Palmerston North 2024: 7.68Solve Well In Wellington 2024: 9.35Australian Nationals 2024: 8.26NZ North Island Championship 2024: 8.00Only Cubes in Wellington 2024: 8.14New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 8.84Kubing in Kapiti 2024: 8.66New Zealand Nationals 2024: 8.34Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 8.17Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025: 7.82Johnsonville FTOpen 2025: 9.20NZ South Island Championship 2025: 7.62Wellington Winter 2025: 8.26Warm Up Seattle 2025: 8.06Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025: 7.12Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025: 7.95Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025: 8.33Hawaiian Island Tour - Kāhala Open 2025: 7.83Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025: 8.84Solve Well in Wellington 2025: 8.10New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025: 7.80Wellington Spring 2025: 8.19Farewellington 2025: 7.95NZ Cubing Heptathlon 2026: 7.80Wellington Autumn 2026: 6.226.2214.5121 Jun 201523 May 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.