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James Tuttle

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015TUTT02

James Tuttle has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Out in the Country Crossfield 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 344th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2015, he has put 701 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.88 in August 2015 to 8.38, a 47% improvement. James has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.38
signature single · Out in the Country Crossfield 2025
701
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×38.389.99
top 3.5%344 / 10,392
4×433.8441.05
top 5.7%134 / 3,118
2×22.333.77
top 7.3%474 / 7,173
5×51:06.211:13.58
top 9.1%105 / 1,499
Skewb4.878.66
top 17.2%383 / 2,907
Pyraminx5.829.34
top 18.7%760 / 4,858
6×62:29.882:46.11
top 25.5%129 / 665
7×74:00.724:12.82
top 31.0%129 / 503
3×3 one-handed23.9328.80
top 31.3%696 / 2,620
Square-125.7634.49
top 40.8%357 / 952
Megaminx2:33.693:08.47
top 63.0%753 / 1,375
Clock45.9652.96
top 95.9%979 / 1,029

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

Edmonton Open Summer 2015: 15.88Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 12.11Calgary Open Spring 2016: 11.16Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 12.58Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 10.22Too Much Cubing 2017: 8.95QUALberta 2017: 10.56Canadian Open 2017: 10.05Foothills NxNs 2023: 8.96Airdrie NxNs 2024: 8.97Canadian Prairie Championship 2024: 9.00Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025: 9.56Battle of Alberta 2025: 9.10Out in the Country Crossfield 2025: 8.38Calgary Summer B 2025: 10.14Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2025: 9.51Red Deer Favourites 2026: 10.18Calgary Spring 2026: 8.988.3815.8829 Aug 20157 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.