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James Williams
3×3 · top 42.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024WILL04
James Williams has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.04, set at Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026, puts him in the top 42.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,512th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2024, he has put 58 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.66 in January 2024 to 21.04, a 31% improvement. James has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 21.04 | 28.06 | top 42.8% | 24,512 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.64 | 9.18 | top 57.3% | 23,462 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 19.64 | 20.91 | top 63.6% | 5,403 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 13.32 | 25.60 | top 72.1% | 13,604 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 19.61 | 25.73 | top 92.4% | 27,073 / 28,708 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-30 3×3: 25.73 at Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026.
- 20 Jan 2024First competition: UCO Cubing Winter 2024. A 30.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- OKC Cube-Off Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- UCO Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
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.
- Casey Ngo — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jake Maddox — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nash Wiser — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.