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Adam Ball

3×3 · top 20.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012BALL03

Adam Ball has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.80, set at Caltech Fall Open 2012, puts him in the top 20.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,921st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2012, he has put 34 official solves on the record across two events. Adam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.3% of 284,439 all-time
13.80
signature single · Caltech Fall Open 2012
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.8020.15
top 20.3%10,921 / 59,724
2×24.717.82
top 35.6%14,236 / 40,951

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

Caltech Fall Open 2012: 13.80Caltech Winter Open 2013: 19.05Caltech Spring Open 2013: 17.6613.8019.0517 Nov 201225 May 2013

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.