People · Canada
James Magraken
3×3 blindfolded · top 21.1% of 12,178 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016MAGR01
James Magraken has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:24.10, set at Please Be Quiet Waterloo 2025, puts him in the top 21.1% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since August 2016, he has put 82 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.93 in August 2016 to 4.61, a 54% improvement. James has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:24.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 65 / 351 | |
| 2×2 | 4.61 | 6.96 | top 34.4% | 2,368 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.10 | 11.56 | top 37.0% | 1,702 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 20.66 | 22.73 | top 41.8% | 4,192 / 10,392 | |
| Square-1 | 26.64 | 35.60 | top 42.7% | 370 / 952 | |
| Skewb | 12.11 | 20.39 | top 66.5% | 1,882 / 2,907 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jan 2017First sub-30 3×3: 25.69 at Vancouver Open Winter 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First competition: Edmonton Limited Summer 2016. A 37.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Be Quiet Waterloo 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Island 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton Limited Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
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.
- Marcus Adrian Moreno — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liew Yee Voon (劉倚文) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Callum O'Riley — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 24.10 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.