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James Murphy

4×4 · top 49.9% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023MURP10

James Murphy has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 1:13.10, set at Space City Winter 2024, puts him in the top 49.9% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,390th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2023, he has put 30 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.33 in July 2023 to 23.83, a 13% improvement. James has entered two competitions.

4×4
best event — top 49.9% of 83,917 all-time
1:13.10
signature single · Space City Winter 2024
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×41:13.101:24.02
top 49.9%8,390 / 19,072
3×323.8326.96
top 49.9%29,109 / 59,724
2×27.028.96
top 60.6%24,864 / 40,951
Skewb13.0316.24
top 70.8%13,330 / 18,907
5×52:42.53
early days — 2 solves6,311 / 9,401
6×64:29.854:40.66
early days — 3 solves2,957 / 4,196

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

Space City Summer 2023: 27.33Space City Winter 2024: 23.8323.8327.338 Jul 20236 Jan 2024

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-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 13.10 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.