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Adam Runninger

3×3 · top 13.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016RUNN01

Adam Runninger has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.89, set at Green Winter 2025, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,374th in the United States. Across 18 competitions since December 2016, he has put 513 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.50 in December 2016 to 11.89, a 45% improvement. Adam has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.6% of 288,433 all-time
11.89
signature single · Green Winter 2025
513
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.8914.60
top 13.6%7,374 / 60,666
2×22.984.83
top 14.1%5,608 / 41,674
4×443.8650.18
top 16.9%2,596 / 19,354
Pyraminx5.829.86
top 18.7%5,052 / 29,168
5×51:23.421:29.80
top 22.0%1,730 / 9,537
7×73:42.903:48.89
top 24.5%700 / 3,236
6×62:28.372:36.89
top 24.9%900 / 4,262
Skewb6.2418.20
top 27.7%4,583 / 19,164
Megaminx1:42.171:52.73
top 36.0%2,623 / 8,026
3×3 one-handed29.7437.62
top 46.1%6,353 / 15,900
Square-129.4242.11
top 48.4%3,199 / 6,846
Clock20.7922.14
top 67.0%5,913 / 9,172

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

Shaker Fall 2016: 21.50Shaker Fall 2017: 14.55Wildcat Holiday 2017: 14.35Kent State Taco Bash 2018: 15.50Shaker Fall 2018: 13.24Pittsburgh Open 2018: 12.14Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019: 14.25Kent State Taco Bash 2019: 15.86Cuyahoga Cubing 2019: 12.13Kent Fall 2019: 14.38Bulldog Winter 2023: 15.12CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.78Barberton Mini 7 2025: 12.60Green Winter 2025: 11.89Oberlin Mid-Autumn Festival 2026: 13.2211.8921.5010 Dec 201625 Sep 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.