People · United States
Adam Tsai
2×2 · top 11.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019TSAI08
Adam Tsai has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.78, set at Sleepless in Seattle 2023, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,653rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since September 2019, he has put 162 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.20 in September 2019 to 12.11, a 33% improvement. Adam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 5.65 | top 11.8% | 4,653 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.11 | 13.95 | top 14.3% | 7,637 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.61 | 9.39 | top 17.2% | 4,550 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 50.78 | 58.35 | top 25.7% | 3,955 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.81 | 1:58.13 | top 38.2% | 3,060 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 9.11 | 11.92 | top 49.2% | 8,789 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.66 | 42.90 | top 50.4% | 6,948 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.71 | 4:01.40 | early days — 3 solves | 2,110 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 41.24 | 1:05.90 | top 67.0% | 4,404 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 6:30.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,315 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 3:11.38 | — | top 78.1% | 6,146 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at UW or U Don't 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.70 at Sleepless in Seattle 2023.
- 21 Sep 2019First competition: Puget Sound Fall 2019. A 18.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Summer Scramble UW 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UW or U Don't 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Lucky Lynnwood 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Sleepless in Seattle 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 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.
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Siauw — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anishk Arora — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.