In the past year (2025), James Macdiarmid competed in 19 competitions and 146 rounds across 13 events, from Jan 25th to Jan 1st.
Records
He broke 4 records, including 1 OcR and 3 NRs.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 34 times across 9 events, including 21 golds, 9 silvers, and 4 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 8 | | |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 7 | 3 | |
| Megaminx | 3 | 3 | |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1 | 1 | |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1 | 1 | |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 1 | | 1 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | | | 1 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 619 solves and completed 581.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 190 | 190 |
| Megaminx | 95 | 95 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 79 | 80 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 62 | 62 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 33 | 66 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 24 | 24 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 21 | 21 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 20 | 20 |
| Clock | 17 | 20 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 15 | 16 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 10 | 10 |
| Pyraminx | 10 | 10 |
| Square-1 | 5 | 5 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 20 times across 9 events, including 10 singles and 10 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Clock | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Pyraminx | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| Pyraminx | 4.29 | 3.41 | 0.88 (25.81%) |
| Clock | 8.11 | 6.53 | 1.58 (24.20%) |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 19.52 | 17.63 | 1.89 (10.72%) |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 47/50 59:28 | 50/53 59:03 | 3 (6.82%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:00.16 | 58.06 | 2.10 (3.62%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:11.74 | 3:08.85 | 2.89 (1.53%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 14.94 | 14.77 | 0.17 (1.15%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:56.98 | 1:56.98 | - |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| Clock | 15.57 | 8.70 | 6.87 (78.97%) |
| Pyraminx | 5.84 | 5.01 | 0.83 (16.57%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 8.73 | 8.29 | 0.44 (5.31%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:26.53 | 3:16.28 | 10.25 (5.22%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 18.25 | 17.54 | 0.71 (4.05%) |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 21.27 | 20.61 | 0.66 (3.20%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:04.60 | 2:03.83 | 0.77 (0.62%) |
Cubers
He met 2282 cubers from 73 countries/regions, 314 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 1968 |
| 2 | 214 |
| 3 | 54 |
| 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 15 |
| 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 2 |
| All | 2282 |
Regions
He competed in 2 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| New Zealand | 11 |
| USA | 8 |
