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James Maupin

3×3 · top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009MAUP01

James Maupin has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.31, set at United States National Championships 2011, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,936th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since November 2009, he has put 143 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.47 in November 2009 to 13.31, a 59% improvement. James has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.31
signature single · United States National Championships 2011
143
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.3115.72
top 18.5%9,936 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed31.9641.97
top 51.1%7,046 / 15,683
Square-131.021:02.84
top 51.2%3,359 / 6,743
2×29.1911.21
top 74.4%30,813 / 40,951
Pyraminx18.0330.26
top 89.9%26,404 / 28,708

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

Thankscubing Day 2009: 32.47Indiana Winter 2010: 20.78DeVry University Open 2010: 15.22Dayton Open 2010: 17.43Dayton Blind 2011: 15.61United States National Championships 2011: 13.31Dayton Fall 2011: 13.91Indiana 2011: 15.94Hillsdale Fall 2013: 15.1313.3132.4721 Nov 20099 Nov 2013

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 1.31 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 1.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.