People · United States
James Walker
3×3 · top 30.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025WALK09
James Walker has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.84, set at UO Fall 2025, puts him in the top 30.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,787th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2025, he has put 32 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. James has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.84 | 18.28 | top 30.5% | 16,787 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,266 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 52.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,215 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 15.95 | 19.37 | top 81.2% | 15,533 / 18,907 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025First competition: Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025. A 20.85 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.22 at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
Competitions
- UO Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 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.
- Calvin Balzer — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Griffin Hammond — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Steph Prze — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
- A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 21.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.