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Jimmy Kingston

3×3 blindfolded · top 3.6% of 12,178 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023KING02

Jimmy Kingston has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 27.92, set at Berkeley January Weekday 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 51 competitions since January 2023, he has put 438 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.80 in January 2023 to 16.55, a 50% improvement. Jimmy has entered 51 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 3.6% of 12,178 all-time
27.92
signature single · Berkeley January Weekday 2026
438
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 blindfolded27.9240.52
top 3.6%70 / 2,092
Pyraminx4.348.09
top 9.4%2,431 / 28,708
4×4 blindfolded3:35.32—
early days — 3 solves48 / 440
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 22 cubes · 56:17—
top 13.0%95 / 731
3×316.5519.34
top 29.6%16,241 / 59,724
Skewb10.2419.27
top 56.4%10,258 / 18,907
4×42:00.57—
early days — 3 solves15,275 / 19,072
5×55:49.44—
early days — 2 solves9,314 / 9,401

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

Berkeley Winter A 2023: 32.80Berkeley Spring 2023: 22.79SacCubing XIV 2023: 26.61Agoura Cubing 2023: 21.36Berkeley Summer 2023: 21.61UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 22.51Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 20.34Davis Fall 2023: 24.66UCSD Winter 2023: 23.30Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 19.95SacCubing XVI 2024: 19.02Berkeley Winter 2024: 19.38Davis Winter 2024: 21.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 19.11Berkeley Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 22.06Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 20.48Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 17.52Davis Summer 2024: 16.55Oregon Championship 2024: 20.05Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 17.88Berkeley November Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 19.27Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 20.24Berkeley January Weekday Tricubealon 2025: 20.74Berkeley Spring 2025: 17.56Davis Spring 2025: 18.22Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 17.40Berkeley August Weekday 2025: 17.69West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 22.06Benicia Open 2025: 16.70Berkeley December Weekday 2025: 19.46Berkeley January Weekday 2026: 18.24Westport Summer 2026: 18.2116.5532.8021 Jan 202327 Jun 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-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 2.92 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.