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James McCaffrey

Pyraminx · top 3.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022MCCA12

James McCaffrey has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at Woonsocket Cubikon 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 964th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2022, he has put 590 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.27 in September 2022 to 8.63, a 16% improvement. James has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.6% of 129,321 all-time
3.00
signature single · Woonsocket Cubikon 2026
590
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.005.36
top 3.6%964 / 28,708
3×38.6310.37
top 4.0%2,262 / 59,724
2×22.332.79
top 7.3%2,895 / 40,951
Skewb3.986.68
top 10.8%1,657 / 18,907
4×441.4146.03
top 13.8%2,053 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed17.7121.62
top 14.3%1,867 / 15,683
Clock7.9511.16
top 15.0%1,151 / 8,927
Square-115.3217.67
top 17.1%1,159 / 6,743
Megaminx1:21.511:24.13
top 22.8%1,567 / 7,841
5×51:28.841:37.25
top 26.3%2,058 / 9,401
6×62:54.743:07.75
top 38.4%1,391 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,655 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded7:28.15—
early days — 1 solve1,947 / 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

Amherst Open 2022: 10.27Naticube 2022: 11.97Mum's the Word 2023: 13.02Mystic Cubikon 2023: 12.20Connecticut Winter 2024: 10.81Cardinal Cube Day 2024: 11.74Mystic Cubikon 2024: 10.17CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 9.84Kisco Cubing 2025: 10.27Mystic Cubikon 2025: 9.15Lexington Weeknights VI 2025: 10.52Ocean State Cubikon 2025: 9.82Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026: 10.11Berkshires Cube Day at BART 2026: 8.63The Battle of Concord MA 2026: 9.35Mystic Cubikon 2026: 9.70Woonsocket Cubikon 2026: 9.498.6313.0210 Sep 202216 Aug 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.