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James Quinn

2×2 · top 0.057% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016QUIN01

James Quinn has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.63, set at Get to the Point 2022, puts him in the top 0.057% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 83 competitions since January 2016, he has put 3,428 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.97 in January 2016 to 6.03, a 78% improvement. James has entered 83 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.057% of 186,767 all-time
0.63
signature single · Get to the Point 2022
3,428
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.632.21
top 0.057%20 / 40,951
3×36.037.95
top 0.5%335 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed10.1313.72
top 1.1%182 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves23.00
top 1.5%39 / 2,040
4×427.8533.67
top 1.7%285 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.314.61
top 1.7%455 / 28,708
Skewb2.494.10
top 2.8%418 / 18,907
Square-18.0610.86
top 3.1%227 / 6,743
5×556.281:07.78
top 3.8%323 / 9,401
Megaminx49.7558.92
top 5.0%357 / 7,841
7×72:45.643:01.15
top 6.7%185 / 3,184
6×61:52.882:02.46
top 8.3%284 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded46.5859.40
top 8.8%173 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 15 cubes · 58:01—
top 11.5%86 / 731
Clock7.859.36
top 14.5%1,112 / 8,927
4×4 blindfolded4:36.2911:51.00
top 18.6%72 / 440
5×5 blindfolded12:34.00—
early days — 3 solves57 / 218

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

Sharon Winter 2016: 27.97Melrose Winter 2016: 24.81Weston Spring 2016: 18.65MIT Spring 2016: 15.31Lexington Summer 2016: 19.28Melrose Summer 2016: 13.83Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 12.25Weston Spring 2017: 10.63CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.21WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 11.79Weston Fall 2017: 10.05Cubing with the Viking 2017: 10.57Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 10.44BA Cube Fest 2018: 10.47BU Spring 2018: 9.35CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 9.21Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018: 7.98Connect Community 2018: 9.15MIT Fall 2018: 8.86BA Fall Cube Fest 2018: 9.01The Battle of Lexington 2018: 9.60Boston University Winter 2019: 7.96Salem Cube Trials 2019: 7.98The Battle of Lexington 2019: 8.68Cubing in Cambridge 2019: 8.20WCA World Championship 2019: 8.03Massachusetts Championship 2019: 8.72Quabbin Summer 2019: 7.13Providence Fall 2019: 7.81MIT Winter 2020: 7.86Constitution State Winter 2020: 6.83Cubing with the Viking 2020: 8.08Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021: 7.18Cubetcha A 2021: 8.12Empire State Winter B 2022: 7.16North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 7.63NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 7.53Deerfield Winter 2022: 6.72Maine Spring 2022: 8.29Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 7.10Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 7.98CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 7.35Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022: 7.60CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 8.73Fast In Mass 2022: 7.59Granite State 2022: 6.23Cubing in Beverly 2022: 6.79Get to the Point 2022: 7.24Cubing Peoria 2022: 8.13Cubetcha 2022: 8.41Rochester Fall 2022: 8.26Iowa Fall 2022: 6.462x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 8.17Naperville Winter B 2022: 8.23New York New Year 2023: 7.68Puzzling in Providence 2023: 6.20Mum's the Word 2023: 6.03Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 7.586.0327.9730 Jan 201622 Jan 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.

  • Will Russo — met in 394 rounds, finished ahead 240 times
  • Alex Cohen — met in 298 rounds, finished ahead 245 times
  • Carter Kucala — met in 290 rounds, finished ahead 38 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.