People · United States
Adam Wachtel
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019WACH01
Adam Wachtel has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.68, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 642nd in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since May 2019, he has put 1,128 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.93 in May 2019 to 6.68, a 73% improvement. Adam has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 6.68 | 9.66 | top 1.0% | 642 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.25 | 15.16 | top 2.1% | 342 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 2.56 | top 3.5% | 1,363 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 2.82 | 6.30 | top 4.1% | 642 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.87 | 6.10 | top 7.0% | 1,788 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 38.91 | 43.97 | top 10.9% | 1,609 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 13.74 | 25.02 | top 13.6% | 930 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:07.49 | 1:44.62 | top 15.4% | 298 / 2,092 | |
| Clock | 8.15 | 10.13 | top 16.0% | 1,216 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 38.67 | early days — 3 solves | 507 / 2,040 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.31 | 1:48.53 | top 24.5% | 1,691 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.67 | 1:57.34 | top 38.1% | 3,052 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 14:12 | — | early days — 1 solve | 375 / 731 | |
| 6×6 | 4:32.33 | 4:38.99 | top 75.2% | 2,986 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 7:15.39 | 7:43.73 | top 82.5% | 2,615 / 3,184 |
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
- 25 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Israel Championship 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 25 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at New Jersey Championship 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 8 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Richmond Spring 2023.
Competitions
- Israel Championship 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Berwick Spring 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warwick Cube Day 2023 · 10 Jun 2023
- Wilmington Warmup 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sleepless in Seattle 2023 · 18 Feb 2023
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- Loon Cubikon 2022 · 20 Nov 2022
- Utah Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Washington Championship 2020 · 24 Jan 2020
- Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Brooklyn 2019 · 25 May 2019
- George School Open 2019 · 11 May 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.
- Miles Greco — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Zach Ridall — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Ayden Dincher — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.