People · Australia
Xander James
3×3 · top 11.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017JAME06
Xander James has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.34, set at Sydney Summer 2023, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,052nd in Australia. Across 10 competitions since December 2017, he has put 196 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.88 in December 2017 to 11.34, a 46% improvement. Xander has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 11.34 | 15.36 | top 11.6% | 1,052 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 3.63 | 4.88 | top 21.9% | 1,706 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.15 | 11.55 | top 29.1% | 1,526 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 7.08 | 10.35 | top 34.4% | 990 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.25 | 30.05 | top 42.6% | 1,004 / 2,685 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.51 | 1:21.87 | top 44.5% | 1,216 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:42.75 | — | top 47.4% | 212 / 399 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 318 / 474 | |
| Megaminx | 3:06.71 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,065 / 1,313 |
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
- 10 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.74 at Cool Down Sydney 2019.
- 19 Aug 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.92 at Warm Up Sydney 2018.
- 16 Dec 2017First competition: Sydney Championship 2017. A 20.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Going Back to the Gong 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Fortitude Sydney 2019 · 28 Sep 2019
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Sydney 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
- Cool Down Sydney 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2018 · 11 Nov 2018
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney 2018 · 19 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Championship 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
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.
- Sam Moliver — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sora Sato — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Caleb Clark — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.