People · United States
James Olarte
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014OLAR02
James Olarte has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.49, set at Thrice as Nice Miami 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,166th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since November 2014, he has put 1,025 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.40 in November 2014 to 7.49, a 51% improvement. James has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.49 | 8.95 | top 2.0% | 1,166 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 30.02 | 34.41 | top 2.9% | 462 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 3.33 | top 2.9% | 1,136 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.14 | 15.65 | top 4.6% | 668 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 54.45 | 1:05.02 | top 7.2% | 498 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.75 | 1:10.39 | top 7.6% | 599 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.14 | 7.96 | top 8.4% | 2,150 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | 30.00 | top 9.9% | 229 / 2,040 | |
| 7×7 | 3:50.79 | 4:16.31 | top 27.5% | 775 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 2:51.39 | 3:05.56 | early days — 3 solves | 1,331 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 9.36 | 15.23 | top 50.9% | 9,119 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 54.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,289 / 6,743 |
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
- 21 Sep 2019Five personal bests in one day at Florida Fall Fest 2019.
- 7 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 3 Oct 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.17 at Cubetoberfest 2015.
- 3 Oct 2015Four personal bests in one day at Cubetoberfest 2015.
- 31 Jul 2015Six personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2015.
- 13 Jun 2015Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Knights 2015.
Competitions
- FSUbers 11.0 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Thrice as Nice Miami 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FSUbers 8.0 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fountain City 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FSUbers 4.5 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FSUbers 4.0 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- ERAU Speedcubing Fall 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Florida Fall Fest 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Jacksonville 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Sunny Showdown 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Florida Feast 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Knights 2017 · 29 Jul 2017
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- For The Love Of Cubing 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Knights 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Spring Scramble 2016 · 10 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- For The Love Of Cubing 2016 · 13 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Florida Feast 2015 · 28 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetoberfest 2015 · 3 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights 2015 · 13 Jun 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Florida Spring 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Florida Feast 2014 · 29 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sean Hartman — met in 134 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Nathan Graves — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 82 times
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.