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James Rich

3×3 · top 21.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023RICH17

James Rich has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.16, set at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024, puts him in the top 21.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,629th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 78 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.59 in July 2023 to 14.16, a 28% improvement. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.5% of 284,439 all-time
14.16
signature single · CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024
78
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.1616.71
top 21.5%11,629 / 59,724
2×25.937.43
top 50.2%20,381 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.9815.47
top 52.9%15,426 / 28,708
4×41:25.63
top 60.3%10,489 / 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

Utah Summer Side Events B 2023: 19.59Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 18.22Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 16.82CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 14.1614.1619.591 Jul 202320 Jun 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.16 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.