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James Spikes
3×3 · top 20.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022SPIK01
James Spikes has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.93, set at Summer Solving Colorado 2023, puts him in the top 20.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,164th in the United States. Across 17 competitions since February 2022, he has put 215 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.40 in February 2022 to 13.93, a 38% improvement. James has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 13.93 | 17.13 | top 20.7% | 11,164 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.02 | 5.28 | top 26.7% | 10,566 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.48 | — | top 64.7% | 11,373 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.08 at Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022.
- 16 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.45 at Cubing in Craig 2022.
- 5 Feb 2022First competition: Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022. A 22.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DeNxNver 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023
- The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Colorado Pastacomp 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Centennial State Cube-Off 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Summer Solving Colorado 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction 2023 · 14 Jun 2023
- Colorado Western Slope 2023 · 13 May 2023
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- High Plains Solving 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- LoCo Cubing PM 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- Back to School Utah 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022 · 21 May 2022
- Cubing in Craig 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022 · 5 Feb 2022
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.
- Preston Hoing — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elizabeth Cutting — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.