People · United States
Adam Schmucker
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019SCHM12
Adam Schmucker has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Vanderbilt Winter 2025, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,030th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2019, he has put 459 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 9 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.89 in November 2019 to 9.23, a 77% improvement. Adam has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.23 | 11.02 | top 5.4% | 3,030 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.92 | 6.21 | top 7.3% | 1,865 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.60 | 22.60 | top 7.3% | 978 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 3.70 | top 13.0% | 5,116 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.15 | 7.80 | top 19.3% | 3,078 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 53.79 | 1:02.90 | top 29.3% | 4,578 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.42 | 2:02.31 | top 39.5% | 3,179 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.28 | 2:25.14 | top 51.9% | 3,880 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:56.18 | 4:10.30 | top 64.1% | 2,480 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 35.66 | 37.13 | top 90.3% | 8,073 / 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
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Vanderbilt Winter 2025.
- 4 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Scenic City Scramble TN 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Beat the Clock Westminster 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024.
Competitions
- Cubing in School Westminster 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Scenic City Scramble TN 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bama Big Cubes 2024 · 16 Jun 2024
- Beat the Clock Westminster 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- MoreHead-to-Head 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- AlphaCubing B 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Bash 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Music City Speedsolving 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Music City Speedsolving 2019 · 1 Nov 2019
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Daniel Mullen — met in 77 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roman Wofford — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.