People · United Kingdom
Adam Banfield
3×3 · top 11.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022BANF01
Adam Banfield has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.16, set at Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024, puts him in the top 11.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 793rd in the United Kingdom. Across 22 competitions since August 2022, he has put 697 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.53 in August 2022 to 3.30, a 40% improvement. Adam has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.16 | 16.13 | top 11.0% | 793 / 6,785 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 7.87 | top 17.7% | 425 / 2,439 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 4.39 | top 17.9% | 1,044 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.43 | 10.35 | top 23.3% | 921 / 3,704 | |
| Clock | 10.56 | 11.86 | top 27.7% | 371 / 1,255 | |
| 4×4 | 59.22 | 1:12.70 | top 35.7% | 807 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.35 | 39.97 | top 47.5% | 843 / 1,861 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.90 | 2:27.83 | top 56.5% | 675 / 998 | |
| Square-1 | 42.23 | 1:06.66 | top 68.0% | 559 / 789 | |
| 5×5 | 2:37.83 | 2:52.70 | top 69.6% | 881 / 1,167 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Ipswich Autumn 2024.
- 22 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Glasgow Autumn 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at Bolton Summer 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bolton Summer 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bolton Spring 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.59 at Edinburgh Spring 2023.
Competitions
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening II 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ipswich Autumn 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024 · 9 Oct 2024
- Glasgow Favourites Evening I 2024 · 1 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Side Events Autumn 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Aberdeen Autumn 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bolton Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023
- Wakefield Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Winter 2023 · 27 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Carlisle Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
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.
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 134 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.