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Adam Black

Pyraminx · top 0.28% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022BLAC01

Adam Black has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.36, set at Glasgow Winter 2023, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in the United Kingdom. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since January 2022, he has put 2,723 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Adam has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.28% of 129,321 all-time
1.36
signature single · Glasgow Winter 2023
2,723
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Pyraminx1.362.87
top 0.28%11 / 3,656
2×21.122.75
top 0.82%68 / 4,895
4×425.9932.25
top 0.98%29 / 2,071
3×36.907.92
top 1.2%98 / 6,689
5×550.6554.36
top 1.9%34 / 1,151
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves29.67
top 3.0%20 / 372
Megaminx45.1949.74
top 3.2%47 / 966
7×72:27.472:36.63
top 3.4%15 / 459
Clock4.776.95
top 3.9%58 / 1,232
6×61:39.421:43.14
top 3.9%26 / 548
3×3 blindfolded31.791:03.10
top 4.7%19 / 311
3×3 Multi-Blind16 of 17 cubes · 51:00—
top 7.9%20 / 126
Square-111.5615.98
top 9.0%94 / 778
Skewb4.075.89
top 11.4%263 / 2,421
5×5 blindfolded8:33.20—
top 15.9%11 / 50
3×3 one-handed18.3522.01
top 16.0%302 / 1,851
4×4 blindfolded4:19.674:38.24
top 16.9%26 / 84

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

Wakefield Open 2022: 7.43Glasgow Open 2022: 8.05Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.29Carlisle Summer 2022: 7.96Glasgow Winter 2023: 7.20Edinburgh Spring 2023: 7.86Glasgow Spring 2023: 7.52Edinburgh Summer 2023: 7.26Glasgow Autumn 2023: 8.15Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 7.93Edinburgh Winter 2024: 7.56Glasgow Spring 2024: 7.01Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 6.90Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.48Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024: 7.94Stevenage December 2024: 6.94Edinburgh Winter 2025: 7.43Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025: 8.33Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025: 7.22Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 7.93Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025: 7.59Glasgow NxN Day 2025: 7.28Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 7.92Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 7.90Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 7.66Edinburgh Winter 2026: 7.64Falkirk Open 2026: 6.97Liverpool Spring 2026: 7.17Sheffield Spring 2026: 8.29Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026: 7.52Wakefield Summer 2026: 8.03Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 7.58Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026: 7.63Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 7.306.908.3329 Jan 202228 Aug 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.