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Whitfield James
3×3 · top 71.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024JAME01
Whitfield James has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.40, set at Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 71.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,114th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since February 2024, he has put 84 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.84 in February 2024 to 35.40, a 43% improvement. Whitfield has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 35.40 | 40.71 | top 71.1% | 8,114 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.51 | 18.01 | top 75.5% | 4,575 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 14.31 | 17.37 | top 75.9% | 2,617 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 11.13 | 13.31 | top 81.9% | 6,913 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 2:12.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,706 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 38.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,016 / 1,095 |
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
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-60 3×3: 37.33 at Goulburn Open 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: Going Back to the Gong 2024. A 1:01.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chilling in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Goulburn Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Going Back to the Gong 2024 · 10 Feb 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.
- Jad Smith — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincent Hua — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Kirschner — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.40 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.