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James Moran

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022MORA10

James Moran has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.56, set at It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 215th in Ireland. Across 4 competitions since July 2022, he has put 93 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.21 in July 2022 to 12.56, a 52% improvement. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.56
signature single · It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×312.5616.48
top 15.9%215 / 1,427
2×24.885.20
top 37.8%471 / 1,163
Pyraminx8.829.93
top 43.3%452 / 911
Skewb11.0917.91
top 61.3%399 / 624
Megaminx2:32.78
early days — 2 solves181 / 283
3×3 one-handed38.8445.13
top 63.7%246 / 448
4×41:36.35
early days — 2 solves360 / 579

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

Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022: 26.21Dublin Open Sunday 2022: 21.28Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 14.39It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 12.5612.5626.2123 Jul 202213 May 2023

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 0.56 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.