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James West

2×2 · top 57.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019WEST13

James West has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.66, set at QLD State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 57.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,615th in Australia. Across 7 competitions since November 2019, he has put 54 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:11.05 in November 2019 to 43.12, a 39% improvement. James has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 57.5% of 186,767 all-time
6.66
signature single · QLD State Championship 2025
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×26.6612.77
top 57.5%4,615 / 8,567
3×343.1247.95
top 80.2%9,362 / 11,709

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

Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 1:11.05Sydney Open 2019: 59.31Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 44.75Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 43.12Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 44.05Brisbane Summer 2025: 53.76QLD State Championship 2025: 45.9943.121:11.0510 Nov 201911 Apr 2025

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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 3.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.