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Taylor James

3×3 · top 19.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022JAME03

Taylor James has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.61, set at Bama Big Cubes 2024, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,538th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2022, he has put 60 official solves on the record across nine events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.10 in April 2022 to 13.61, a 53% improvement. Taylor has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.61
signature single · Bama Big Cubes 2024
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.6116.03
top 19.6%10,538 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.0012.30
top 27.9%7,658 / 28,708
4×41:05.581:12.34
top 42.4%6,974 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded2:34.08
early days — 2 solves956 / 2,092
5×51:58.142:02.41
top 48.1%4,025 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed31.2039.43
top 49.3%6,775 / 15,683
2×26.409.67
top 55.0%22,477 / 40,951
Skewb12.0419.90
top 66.2%12,359 / 18,907
6×65:34.65
early days — 1 solve3,601 / 4,196

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

Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 29.10CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 17.71Bama Big Cubes 2024: 13.6113.6129.109 Apr 202216 Jun 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.