Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United Kingdom → James Tuppenney

People · United Kingdom

James Tuppenney

3×3 · top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018TUPP02

James Tuppenney has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.43, set at Kent Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in the United Kingdom. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since November 2018, he has put 1,130 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.67 in November 2018 to 5.43, a 63% improvement. James has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time
5.43
signature single · Kent Autumn 2023
1,130
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×35.437.11
top 0.22%21 / 6,689
2×21.191.78
top 1.0%86 / 4,895
3×3 one-handed11.6918.22
top 2.6%53 / 1,851
Pyraminx3.294.98
top 4.6%177 / 3,656
Skewb3.014.38
top 5.0%113 / 2,421
4×434.7640.56
top 6.5%156 / 2,071
Megaminx1:02.701:15.71
top 11.4%141 / 966
Square-113.0615.86
top 12.0%123 / 778
Clock7.4312.00
top 12.7%180 / 1,232
5×51:12.791:21.62
top 13.7%186 / 1,151
3×3 blindfolded1:12.642:47.26
top 17.0%83 / 311
7×73:54.254:30.59
early days — 3 solves137 / 459
6×62:54.193:03.46
early days — 3 solves224 / 548
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 1 solve181 / 372

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

Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 14.67London Open 2019: 12.74UK Championship 2019: 11.73Wakefield Open 2022: 7.25Stevenage Spring 2022: 8.23Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 7.44Stevenage January 2023: 8.26Reading Spring 2023: 7.09August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 7.15Kent Autumn 2023: 5.43Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 6.54Stevenage January 2024: 6.90Stevenage February 2024: 7.31Stevenage July 2024: 6.61Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.38Kewbz UK Open 2024: 6.31Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 6.50Stevenage December 2024: 6.69Chichester January 2025: 6.56Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 6.11Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.60Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 6.555.4314.6724 Nov 201828 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.