People · Australia
James Thomson
3×3 · top 19.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014THOM07
James Thomson has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.61, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,757th in Australia. Across 11 competitions since November 2014, he has put 149 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.76 in November 2014 to 13.61, a 64% improvement. James has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.61 | 17.56 | top 19.6% | 1,757 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.79 | 12.18 | top 26.1% | 1,326 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 7.36 | top 28.4% | 2,223 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 10.19 | 16.74 | top 56.1% | 1,839 / 3,534 |
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
- 11 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 13.61 at WCA World Championship 2019.
- 11 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.61 at WCA World Championship 2019.
- 31 Jan 2015First sub-30 3×3: 25.31 at Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015.
- 9 Nov 2014First competition: Melbourne Cube Day 2014. A 37.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- POPS Open 2016 · 11 Dec 2016
- Melbourne Cube Days 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Autumn 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Classic 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
- Australian Nationals 2015 · 3 Oct 2015
- Cube for Cambodia 2015 · 31 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Autumn 2015 · 22 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015 · 31 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Day 2014 · 9 Nov 2014
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.
- Ming Jin Low — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Sam Chaplin — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tommy Kiprillis — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.