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James Thomson
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015THOM01
James Thomson has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.70, set at Irish Championship 2018, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 693rd in the United Kingdom. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2015, he has put 244 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. James has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.70 | 12.32 | top 9.6% | 693 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 42.70 | 47.57 | top 15.4% | 357 / 2,071 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 5.16 | top 15.5% | 916 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.82 | 21.50 | top 17.3% | 322 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.89 | 1:52.40 | top 36.0% | 458 / 1,151 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.35 | 12.31 | top 47.8% | 1,944 / 3,656 |
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
- 15 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Summer 2023.
- 21 Mar 2015First competition: Edinburgh Spring 2015. A 11.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Autumn Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Spring 2015 · 21 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Bella Campbell — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Stephen Waller — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Johnny Morello Kerlaff — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.