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Adam Swaine

2×2 · top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017SWAI01

Adam Swaine has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.09, set at Stevenage January 2023, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 86 competitions since March 2017, he has put 3,263 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.17 in March 2017 to 8.12, a 50% improvement. Adam has entered 86 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time
1.09
signature single · Stevenage January 2023
3,263
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.092.45
top 0.75%59 / 4,895
Pyraminx2.775.15
top 2.9%111 / 3,656
3×38.129.94
top 3.0%249 / 6,689
Skewb2.845.31
top 4.2%96 / 2,421
3×3 blindfolded32.4856.71
top 4.8%21 / 311
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves32.67
top 8.0%38 / 372
3×3 one-handed15.2717.97
top 8.7%175 / 1,851
4×437.4144.94
top 9.1%213 / 2,071
Clock6.898.43
top 10.5%139 / 1,232
3×3 Multi-Blind15 of 17 cubes · 54:07—
early days — 2 solves28 / 126
Megaminx1:02.951:10.97
top 11.5%144 / 966
Square-113.6118.00
top 13.3%137 / 778
5×51:16.921:27.78
top 16.8%221 / 1,151
6×62:33.422:49.48
top 27.3%166 / 548
7×74:24.504:32.75
top 39.3%182 / 459
4×4 blindfolded7:37.00—
early days — 1 solve50 / 84

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

Peterborough Open 2017: 16.17August Bank Holiday Competition 2017: 14.79UK Championship 2017: 14.93Guildford Open 2018: 11.92High Wycombe Open 2018: 12.31Peterborough Open 2018: 11.96Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 11.52UK Championship 2018: 10.92Fontwell Open 2019: 11.97August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 12.11UK Championship 2019: 12.07Guildford Open 2020: 10.28Manchester Open 2020: 10.35Wakefield Open 2022: 11.92Cheltenham Summer 2022: 11.50Stevenage Summer 2022: 11.89Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 12.07Norwich Summer 2022: 11.21August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 10.25Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022: 10.32Stevenage Autumn B 2022: 10.47Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 10.57Irish Championship 2022: 9.07East London Autumn 2022: 11.53Essex Winter 2022: 10.99Stevenage January 2023: 10.04Guildford Winter 2023: 10.95Wiltshire Spring 2023: 10.56Essex Spring 2023: 10.85Reading Spring 2023: 10.78Stevenage May 2023: 11.50Peterborough Summer 2023: 9.80Stevenage June 2023: 11.69Suffolk Summer 2023: 11.71Bristol Summer 2023: 9.66Stevenage July 2023: 11.06Isle of Wight Summer 2023: 10.13Norwich Summer 2023: 9.36August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 10.69Stevenage September 2023: 10.31Kent Autumn 2023: 10.33Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 8.12Stevenage November 2023: 10.90Wiltshire December 2023: 9.78Stevenage January 2024: 11.35Stevenage February 2024: 9.45Hampshire Winter 2024: 9.48Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024: 11.68Stevenage April 2024: 10.44Stevenage May 2024: 9.58Stevenage June 2024: 10.03Stevenage July 2024: 10.21Stevenage August 2024: 10.71Kewbz UK Open 2024: 9.78Stevenage Beginners September B 2024: 9.47Battersea Autumn 2024: 10.55Stevenage October 2024: 9.76Ipswich Autumn 2024: 9.91Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 10.05Stevenage December 2024: 11.61Norwich Winter 2024: 10.37Stevenage January 2025: 10.90Stevenage March 2025: 10.80Stevenage April 2025: 9.73Peterborough Odd Day 2025: 9.36Coventry Spring 2025: 9.72Stevenage June 2025: 8.81Stevenage July 2025: 8.67Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 10.02Stevenage September 2025: 9.31Corby Autumn 2025: 9.01Stevenage October 2025: 8.46Manchester October 2025: 10.19Hampshire Autumn 2025: 8.84Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 9.37Stevenage January 2026: 9.678.1216.174 Mar 201710 Jan 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.