In the past year (2025), James Ballantine competed in 11 competitions and 158 rounds across 17 events, from Jan 4th to Dec 14th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 15 times across 9 events, including 4 golds, 6 silvers, and 5 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 2 | 1 | |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 1 | 1 | |
| Pyraminx | 1 | | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | | 1 | 1 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | | 1 | 1 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | | 1 | |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | | 1 | |
| 4x4x4 Cube | | | 1 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 691 solves and completed 649.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 139 | 140 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 84 | 85 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 68 | 70 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 59 | 60 |
| Pyraminx | 54 | 55 |
| Skewb | 39 | 40 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 35 | 36 |
| Megaminx | 35 | 35 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 30 | 30 |
| Clock | 27 | 35 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 25 | 25 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 23 | 33 |
| Square-1 | 19 | 20 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 4 | 5 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 3 | 9 |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 3 | 9 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 2 | 4 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 42 times across 12 events, including 24 singles and 18 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Megaminx | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 4/5 34:59 | 15/17 50:14 | 10 (333.33%) |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 19:19.00 | 5:02.64 | 14:16.36 (282.96%) |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 1:51.84 | 50.64 | 1:01.20 (120.85%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 2.74 | 1.78 | 0.96 (53.93%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 44 | 37 | 7 (18.92%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 2:58.04 | 2:41.92 | 16.12 (9.96%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:55.40 | 1:46.06 | 9.34 (8.81%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 57.51 | 54.56 | 2.95 (5.41%) |
| Megaminx | 58.63 | 57.87 | 0.76 (1.31%) |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | - | 11:17.00 | - |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 2:28.05 | 1:01.96 | 1:26.09 (138.94%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:05.17 | 1:51.96 | 13.21 (11.80%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:07.13 | 2:52.98 | 14.15 (8.18%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 4.22 | 3.98 | 0.24 (6.03%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:06.02 | 1:03.24 | 2.78 (4.40%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 31.36 | 30.24 | 1.12 (3.70%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 10.62 | 10.29 | 0.33 (3.21%) |
| Megaminx | 1:06.70 | 1:05.49 | 1.21 (1.85%) |
Cubers
He met 722 cubers from 50 countries/regions, 116 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 606 |
| 2 | 71 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 |
| All | 722 |
Regions
He competed in 6 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| United Kingdom | 6 |
| Portugal | 1 |
| Bolivia | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 |
| El Salvador | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
