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James Markey Jr.

Pyraminx · top 10.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009MARK03

James Markey Jr. has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.55, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,748th in the United States. Across 41 competitions since June 2009, he has put 1,308 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.83 in June 2009 to 11.56, a 65% improvement. James has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 10.5% of 129,321 all-time
4.55
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2017
1,308
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.556.32
top 10.5%2,748 / 28,708
Skewb4.169.46
top 12.0%1,869 / 18,907
3×311.5614.43
top 12.4%6,649 / 59,724
2×22.984.95
top 14.0%5,504 / 40,951
4×442.6250.47
top 15.3%2,300 / 19,072
Clock9.7511.98
top 23.9%1,830 / 8,927
5×51:29.241:40.17
top 26.6%2,080 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed22.5225.99
top 27.4%3,538 / 15,683
Square-121.3632.71
top 31.0%2,007 / 6,743
Megaminx1:40.281:47.29
top 34.8%2,474 / 7,841
6×63:01.533:07.16
top 41.8%1,539 / 4,196
7×74:34.534:42.41
top 42.6%1,224 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves41.67
top 48.3%1,031 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:43.00—
top 64.1%1,335 / 2,092

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

Safe Haven competition 2009: 32.83United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 18.61Long Island 2010: 21.19Princeton Fall 2010: 17.86Liberty Science Center Open 2010: 17.22Newark Head to Head 2011: 14.53Hackley Summer 2011: 18.53Princeton Fall 2011: 15.11Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 14.58Bridgewater Open 2011: 15.96MIT Spring 2012: 14.06Jersey Shore Open 2012: 15.47St. Joseph's College Summer 2012: 16.27Princeton Fall 2012: 13.16Levittown Open 2012: 13.80Monmouth County Open 2013: 17.30Princeton Spring 2013: 14.43Newark Head to Head 2013: 15.53Princeton Winter 2014: 13.60US Nationals 2014: 12.00Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 14.08Liberty Science 2015: 13.13Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 13.94Princeton Fall 2016: 15.78Clifton Winter 2017: 13.50Big Cube Bash 2017: 14.81CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 13.12Princeton Fall 2017: 12.56Liberty Science Center Open 2017: 14.71Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 13.56Rutgers Spring 2018: 15.08CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 13.36Princeton Fall 2018: 12.69CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 12.57Liberty Science Center Open 2018: 13.91Cubing in the Ocean County 2024: 11.56Cubing in the Ocean County 2025: 13.25Ephrata Fall 2025: 14.59Cape May Summer A 2026: 13.7211.5632.8320 Jun 200920 Jun 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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.