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Adam Paluchowski
Pyraminx · top 6.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PALU03
Adam Paluchowski has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.85, set at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,761st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since July 2022, he has put 403 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.50 in July 2022 to 14.19, a 50% improvement. Adam has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.85 | 6.06 | top 6.9% | 1,761 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 3.82 | top 10.2% | 4,015 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.13 | 9.55 | top 19.2% | 3,044 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 14.19 | 15.67 | top 21.6% | 11,704 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.55 | 52.96 | top 58.3% | 8,123 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.44 | — | top 64.7% | 11,368 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 31.44 | — | top 86.1% | 7,665 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at New York Yopen 2022.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.70 at Empire State Fall 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.64 at Princeton Fall 2022.
- 2 Jul 2022First competition: Mysłowice Big Cube Open 2022.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Fort Lee Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Winter 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's Prep 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube4fun in Warsaw 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Mysłowice Big Cube Open 2022 · 2 Jul 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.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Aaron Castaneda — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.