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Adam Bowers

Pyraminx · top 11.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019BOWE02

Adam Bowers has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.69, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019, puts him in the top 11.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,950th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2019, he has put 186 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.53 in March 2019 to 11.39, a 31% improvement. Adam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 11.3% of 129,321 all-time
4.69
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019
186
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.696.21
top 11.3%2,950 / 28,708
3×311.3913.96
top 11.8%6,324 / 59,724
Skewb4.336.67
top 13.2%2,047 / 18,907
2×23.494.40
top 20.1%7,889 / 40,951
Square-118.0921.57
top 23.6%1,558 / 6,743
4×452.791:01.22
top 28.1%4,355 / 19,072
5×51:46.612:09.01
top 40.3%3,251 / 9,401
Megaminx1:54.852:08.13
top 43.1%3,139 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed33.2839.10
top 53.9%7,478 / 15,683
6×64:12.21
early days — 3 solves2,720 / 4,196
7×76:36.73
early days — 1 solve2,359 / 3,184
Clock36.47
early days — 2 solves8,128 / 8,927

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 16.53Berkeley Spring 2019: 14.33SacCubing VII 2019: 13.33Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 12.63Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 11.97Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 11.3911.3916.5310 Mar 201912 Oct 2019

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.