People · Australia
James Xu
3×3 · top 23.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023XUJA01
James Xu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.78, set at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025, puts him in the top 23.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,203rd in Australia. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. James has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.78 | 17.12 | top 23.8% | 2,203 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 4.47 | 5.38 | top 32.6% | 2,597 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 9.77 | 11.87 | top 53.5% | 1,767 / 3,589 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.02 | 13.51 | top 60.7% | 3,642 / 6,109 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025.
- 6 May 2023First competition: Chilling in Canberra 2023. A 16.30 3×3 single to start from.
- 6 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.88 at Chilling in Canberra 2023.
Competitions
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Chilling in Canberra 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 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.
- Ethan Gauci — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Vincent Hua — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- James Kirschner — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.78 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.