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James Palmer

3×3 · top 75.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022PALM17

James Palmer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 38.64, set at New Jersey Championship 2024, puts him in the top 75.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45,865th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2022, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.13 in December 2022 to 38.64, a 24% improvement. James has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 75.3% of 284,439 all-time
38.64
signature single · New Jersey Championship 2024
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×338.6445.12
top 75.3%45,865 / 59,724
2×29.9214.19
top 77.6%32,154 / 40,951
4×42:56.44
early days — 1 solve18,467 / 19,072

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

West Chester Fall 2022: 51.13Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 46.72New Jersey Championship 2024: 38.6438.6451.1310 Dec 202225 May 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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 8.64 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.