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Adam Carter Schmidt
Pyraminx · top 7.2% of 128,366 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SCHM08
Adam Carter Schmidt has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.90, set at Adelaide Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 128,366 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 317th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2022, he has put 334 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,453 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.11 in November 2022 to 12.45, a 57% improvement. Adam has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.90 | 7.03 | top 7.2% | 317 / 5,956 | |
| Skewb | 3.47 | 7.47 | top 7.5% | 207 / 3,523 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 4.88 | top 9.3% | 698 / 8,498 | |
| 3×3 | 12.45 | 16.42 | top 15.4% | 1,369 / 11,617 | |
| Clock | 12.61 | 15.44 | top 37.9% | 396 / 1,095 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.59 | 1:40.11 | top 52.1% | 1,433 / 3,024 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.72 | — | top 81.9% | 2,050 / 2,638 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at SA State Championship 2025.
- 10 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.49 at Adelaide Summer 2025.
- 10 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.26 at Unley Spring 2024.
- 2 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Unley Spring 2024.
- 21 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Adelaide Autumn 2023.
Competitions
- Adelaide Autumn 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Marino Madness 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kubing in Klemzig 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SA State Championship 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- All Welcome Adelaide 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2025 · 10 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Unley Spring 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Playford Cubing 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Adelaide Winter Sunday 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Autumn 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- On the Side South Australia 2023 · 11 Mar 2023
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- South Australian Open 2022 · 5 Nov 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.
- Nguyen Canh Tien Vinh — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Aston Culf — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dallas McNeil — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,645 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,598 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.