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James McCambridge

3×3 blindfolded · top 5.4% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019MCCA09

James McCambridge has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 34.48, set at Blind League Dobřejovice IV: Darkveil 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Ireland. Until February 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since April 2019, he has put 1,303 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.24 in April 2019 to 10.41, a 43% improvement. James has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 5.4% of 12,178 all-time
34.48
signature single · Blind League Dobřejovice IV: Darkveil 2026
1,303
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×3 blindfolded34.4843.43
top 5.4%7 / 59
3×3 Multi-Blind20 of 22 cubes · 57:36—
top 6.1%3 / 24
3×310.4112.65
top 8.7%136 / 1,427
3×3 one-handed17.6823.41
top 14.3%50 / 448
4×443.8052.74
top 16.8%93 / 579
2×23.546.70
top 20.7%288 / 1,163
5×51:26.731:32.49
top 24.7%76 / 296
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves43.33
top 33.6%28 / 88
Megaminx1:43.371:55.72
top 36.7%104 / 283
Skewb8.0610.88
top 41.7%277 / 624
Pyraminx9.1314.03
top 46.0%473 / 911
4×4 blindfolded8:38.22—
top 48.6%10 / 16
7×75:01.815:19.48
top 51.1%59 / 108
6×63:44.723:56.25
top 60.4%87 / 142
Square-11:12.89—
early days — 3 solves182 / 194
Clock41.61—
top 94.0%313 / 331

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

Cork Open 2019: 18.24Irish Championship 2019: 15.09August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 17.99Every Event Éire 2019: 15.67Weston-super-Mare Open 2019: 17.15Fontwell Open 2020: 17.07Don't DNF Dublin 2020: 16.73Irish Championship 2022: 13.92Belfast Winter 2023: 13.55Glasgow Winter 2023: 11.85Glasgow Spring 2023: 11.14Irish Championship 2023: 11.47Lincolnshire Summer 2023: 12.95Harrow Autumn 2023: 12.69Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 13.31Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 14.94UCD Cube Days 2024: 10.41Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 13.13Belfast Summer 2024: 13.44Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 11.46Portugal Championship 2024: 11.97Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 14.70Polish Championship 2024: 14.57Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 11.93Mayo Cubing 2025: 11.66Belfast Autumn 2025: 11.58Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 12.0310.4118.2413 Apr 201924 Jul 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.

  • Simon Kelly — met in 207 rounds, finished ahead 80 times
  • Ben Timmons — met in 192 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
  • AJ Nicholls — met in 182 rounds, finished ahead 91 times

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 4.48 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.