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Adam Robson

2×2 · top 4.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021ROBS01

Adam Robson has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at Carlisle Summer 2022, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 331st in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since November 2021, he has put 650 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 10 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.10 in November 2021 to 13.80, a 19% improvement. Adam has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.6% of 189,179 all-time
1.97
signature single · Carlisle Summer 2022
650
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.975.21
top 4.6%331 / 4,946
Pyraminx4.538.55
top 10.4%414 / 3,704
Clock7.759.35
top 13.9%204 / 1,255
3×313.8016.72
top 20.3%1,387 / 6,785
Skewb6.0713.86
top 26.3%620 / 2,439
Square-121.7531.41
top 32.0%295 / 789
4×458.011:14.60
top 34.4%781 / 2,112
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves52.00
top 41.0%167 / 372
3×3 one-handed29.7640.87
top 46.2%811 / 1,861
5×52:04.552:23.01
top 52.3%655 / 1,167
Megaminx2:13.342:19.18
top 53.0%628 / 998
3×3 blindfolded3:23.46—
early days — 2 solves221 / 315
7×76:05.916:48.28
top 69.3%339 / 463
6×64:23.604:37.01
top 72.9%438 / 560
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 30:42—
top 76.7%108 / 126

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

Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021: 17.10Wakefield Open 2022: 14.69Weston-super-Mare Open 2022: 18.35Farnworth Spring B 2022: 17.50Wakefield Spring 2022: 15.24Glasgow Open 2022: 18.05Carlisle Summer 2022: 16.44Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 21.02Glasgow Winter 2023: 15.43Edinburgh Spring 2023: 15.73Wakefield Spring 2023: 18.30Wakefield Autumn 2023: 15.28Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 19.01Edinburgh Winter 2024: 13.80Wakefield Summer 2024: 16.01Kewbz UK Open 2024: 16.61Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024: 15.31Leeds Spring 2025: 16.0013.8021.0227 Nov 202115 Mar 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.