People · United Kingdom
Adam Bean
2×2 · top 5.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015BEAN01
Adam Bean has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Lincoln Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 422nd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2015, he has put 269 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.93 in August 2017 to 2.16, a 56% improvement. Adam has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 3.94 | top 5.9% | 422 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.42 | 9.04 | top 15.9% | 616 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 4.81 | 8.48 | top 16.7% | 399 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 8.50 | 12.87 | top 17.5% | 249 / 1,232 | |
| 3×3 | 14.60 | 19.63 | top 23.1% | 1,538 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.28 | 40.24 | top 51.8% | 910 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.93 | — | top 56.7% | 1,227 / 2,071 |
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
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lincolnshire Winter 2023.
- 20 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Lincoln Summer 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.60 at Norwich Summer 2022.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.51 at Lincoln Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Lincoln Open 2019.
- 26 Aug 2017First sub-30 3×3: 21.34 at August Bank Holiday Competition 2017.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- Norwich Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022
- Lincoln Summer 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Lincoln Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2015 · 29 Aug 2015
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.
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Evans — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ben Stokes — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.