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James Moore

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016MOOR07

James Moore has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at Wellington Spring 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in New Zealand. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since July 2016, he has put 1,461 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.86 in July 2016 to 9.54, a 69% improvement. James has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.27
signature single · Wellington Spring 2025
1,461
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×21.273.20
top 1.3%49 / 1,615
Square-19.3114.16
top 4.9%16 / 251
4×433.2242.04
top 5.1%50 / 722
3×39.5411.12
top 6.2%140 / 2,095
3×3 Multi-Blind19 of 20 cubes · 1:00:00—
top 6.3%6 / 49
3×3 blindfolded41.221:05.13
top 7.2%15 / 86
Pyraminx3.987.47
top 7.5%122 / 1,141
Clock7.268.99
top 12.0%59 / 303
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves31.67
top 12.2%21 / 111
3×3 one-handed17.0225.58
top 12.6%85 / 600
4×4 blindfolded4:13.125:23.50
top 16.0%4 / 23
5×51:19.291:24.59
top 18.5%78 / 355
Megaminx1:15.061:25.21
top 18.7%77 / 283
Skewb5.508.45
top 22.0%173 / 666
6×62:23.402:39.36
top 22.2%45 / 149
5×5 blindfolded10:15.0016:42.00
top 22.3%4 / 11
7×73:47.794:08.53
top 26.4%42 / 126

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

Hamilton Winter 2016: 30.86Palmerston North 2016: 27.34Mind Games 2019: 15.85Koalafication Palmy 2019: 16.72Oceania 10th Anniversary 2019: 12.60Wellington Mind Games 2020: 15.59NZ North Island Championship 2022: 11.60NZ North Island Championship 2023: 10.33New Zealand Nationals 2023: 11.85Welcome to Wellington 2024: 10.48Palmerston North 2024: 11.88Solve Well In Wellington 2024: 10.26NZ North Island Championship 2024: 12.45Only Cubes in Wellington 2024: 9.54Kubing in Kapiti 2024: 10.08New Zealand Nationals 2024: 9.78Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025: 10.18Johnsonville FTOpen 2025: 10.83Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025: 10.05NZ North Island Championship 2025: 10.56Solve Well in Wellington 2025: 9.84Wellington Spring 2025: 10.76New Zealand Nationals 2025: 10.60NZ North Island Championship 2026: 10.35NZ Cubing Heptathlon 2026: 9.74Camargue Open 2026: 9.62GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 10.289.5430.8631 Jul 201610 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.