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James Northridge
Pyraminx · top 12.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024NORT06
James Northridge has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.94, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,321st in the United States. Across 12 competitions since September 2024, he has put 252 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.95 in September 2024 to 11.82, a 56% improvement. James has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.94 | 8.48 | top 12.8% | 3,321 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.82 | 18.26 | top 13.3% | 7,112 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.28 | 4.17 | top 17.5% | 6,877 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 8.88 | 9.67 | top 19.4% | 1,483 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 5.73 | 7.96 | top 23.7% | 3,822 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.93 | 1:45.64 | top 30.6% | 2,157 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.10 | 38.87 | top 51.4% | 7,102 / 15,683 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2026.
- 22 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.04 at West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025.
- 22 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025.
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025.
- 25 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Let's Cube Long Beach 2025.
- 6 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.90 at Agoura Side Events Day 2025.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mission Viejo Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Side Events Day 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024
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.
- Dominic Shoji — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shane Grogan — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Muhtasim Al-Farabi — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.