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Adam Purzynski

3×3 · top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017PURZ01

Adam Purzynski has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.15, set at Pretzel Mania 2023, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,923rd in the United States. Across 13 competitions since September 2017, he has put 272 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.09 in September 2017 to 11.15, a 26% improvement. Adam has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.15
signature single · Pretzel Mania 2023
272
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.1513.72
top 10.9%5,923 / 59,724
Skewb4.599.28
top 15.1%2,375 / 18,907
2×23.154.90
top 16.0%6,261 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.738.26
top 18.0%4,788 / 28,708
4×453.421:09.22
top 28.9%4,493 / 19,072
5×52:05.45
top 52.7%4,438 / 9,401
Megaminx2:43.32
top 67.4%5,180 / 7,841

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

Princeton Fall 2017: 15.09Rutgers Spring 2018: 17.99North Plainfield Open 2018: 14.77CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 12.38Brooklyn 2019: 14.90CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 11.84Ridge Cubing Fall 2019: 14.89Brooklyn Fall 2019: 12.41Princeton Winter 2020: 12.38Empire State Fall 2022: 12.42Pretzel Mania 2023: 11.15Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 11.50RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026: 12.9211.1517.9923 Sep 201716 May 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.

  • Dana Yi — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Luke Galioto — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
  • Tyler Kochy — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 8 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.