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Adam Chan
2×2 · top 7.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024CHAN09
Adam Chan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at Putnam Lake 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,809th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2024, he has put 267 official solves on the record across seven 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 3×3 best has come down from 42.00 in February 2024 to 12.33, a 71% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 3.65 | top 7.0% | 2,809 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.44 | 7.19 | top 9.9% | 2,622 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 12.33 | 15.01 | top 15.1% | 8,193 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 9.22 | 9.75 | top 21.0% | 1,655 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.51 | 31.00 | top 24.7% | 3,214 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 7.67 | 9.84 | top 38.9% | 6,768 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.14 | 1:32.11 | top 60.8% | 10,728 / 19,354 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.53 at Lodi Solves Spring 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Lodi Solves Spring 2026.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.79 at Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-30 3×3: 20.84 at Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First competition: Empire State Winter 2024. A 42.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Putnam Lake 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Long Island Back to School 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow Afternoon 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Edgemont Cubing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2024 · 12 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Great Peconic Bay Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
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.
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Rogers — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.