People · United States
Adam Ahmad
3×3 · top 4.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018AHMA02
Adam Ahmad has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Crystal City Fall 2022, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,654th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2018, he has put 422 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.26 in February 2018 to 8.91, a 38% improvement. Adam has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.91 | 10.99 | top 4.7% | 2,654 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 3.60 | top 5.0% | 2,032 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 3.80 | 6.51 | top 9.6% | 1,492 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 57.40 | 1:43.19 | top 12.2% | 240 / 2,128 | |
| 4×4 | 41.01 | 47.84 | top 13.3% | 2,012 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.83 | 1:23.30 | top 15.5% | 1,078 / 8,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 8.47 | top 16.9% | 4,546 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 8.39 | 9.56 | top 16.9% | 1,317 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.36 | 22.98 | top 18.9% | 2,461 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 17.25 | 25.27 | top 21.5% | 1,448 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 7 cubes · 47:12 | — | top 26.8% | 199 / 740 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.67 | 1:40.77 | top 32.9% | 2,638 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | top 41.0% | 893 / 2,059 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 8:08.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 183 / 442 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 19:01.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 127 / 220 | |
| 6×6 | 3:56.71 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,530 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 6:03.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,125 / 3,236 |
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
- 3 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Crystal City Fall 2022.
- 4 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Northern Neck Winter 2020.
- 4 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at Northern Neck Winter 2020.
- 12 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019.
- 1 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 2 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Crystal City Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Neck Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Northern Virginia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2019 · 2 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Qualifier 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Maryland 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Will Callan — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Aubrey Trace — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.