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Adam Zamora

2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2004 · 2004ZAMO01

Adam Zamora has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at Caltech Winter 2010, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,139th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 85 competitions since April 2004, he has put 1,438 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.53 in April 2004 to 11.61, a 70% improvement. Adam has entered 85 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.40
signature single · Caltech Winter 2010
1,438
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.405.07
top 8.0%3,139 / 40,951
3×311.6115.83
top 12.5%6,739 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
top 33.6%738 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded2:18.553:49.13
top 39.5%830 / 2,092
4×41:07.131:20.73
top 44.1%7,282 / 19,072
Pyraminx9.1914.26
top 46.5%13,372 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed31.4739.89
top 50.0%6,890 / 15,683
Megaminx2:51.342:59.29
top 70.8%5,460 / 7,841
5×52:57.433:03.63
top 77.2%6,950 / 9,401
6×68:48.84—
early days — 1 solve4,152 / 4,196

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

Caltech Spring competition 2004: 38.53US Nationals 2004: 39.78Caltech Fall competition 2004: 30.92Caltech Fall competition 2005: 27.37Rubik's World Championship 2005: 30.36Rutgers Fall competition 2005: 24.29Caltech Winter competition 2006: 27.95Caltech Spring competition 2006: 25.78US Nationals 2006: 21.89Caltech Fall competition 2006: 21.71Caltech Winter competition 2007: 19.53Idaho Open 2007: 17.48Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 16.30Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007: 17.74San Diego competition 2007: 17.81US Open 2007: 20.28Caltech Summer competition 2007: 20.66World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 22.11Caltech Fall competition 2007: 14.03Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 18.36Virginia Open 2007: 18.80UCSD competition 2008: 17.24EPGY California Open 2008: 18.32Denver Open 2008: 18.44Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 18.06San Diego Open 2008: 15.22UCSD Summer competition 2008: 20.20US Nationals and Open 2008: 13.55Berkeley Fall 2008: 17.08Caltech Fall 2008: 16.75Carnegie Mellon Fall 2008: 15.05Mexican Open 2008: 16.61San Francisco Open 2009: 19.59EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 16.23San Diego Science Festival 2009: 18.90Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 14.91Carnegie Mellon Spring 2009: 16.77Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 16.80San Diego Open 2009: 17.91US Nationals 2009: 16.90Nisei Week Open 2009: 16.22Boulder 2009: 16.94World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 17.19Dutch Open 2009: 14.91Caltech Fall competition 2009: 16.52Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 16.41Stanford Fall competition 2009: 16.61Utah Cubing Fall Open 2009: 14.22Discovery Science Center Winter 2009: 14.95Bayview Hills Open 2010: 16.68Washington DC Open 2010: 15.94Caltech Winter 2010: 14.44Moose Lodge 2010: 15.86Discovery Science Center competition 2010: 14.22San Diego Open 2010: 14.72United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 15.08Nisei Week Open 2010: 15.84Marymount Open 2010: 14.50Virginia Open 2010: 16.68Caltech Fall 2010: 14.63Caltech Winter 2011: 14.78San Diego 2011: 14.94United States National Championships 2011: 11.61World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 16.08Caltech Fall 2011: 14.25Arizona Showdown 2011: 15.53Caltech Winter 2012: 15.68United States National Championships 2012: 15.94Nisei Week 2012: 15.72Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012: 15.15Caltech Fall Open 2012: 15.78San Diego Summer Splash 2013: 16.27World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 19.37US Nationals 2014: 18.38Cubing at SkillCon 2015: 16.32TFTI San Diego 2016: 16.182FTI San Diego 2016: 18.06Poly Cubed 2017: 16.33Thanks Four The Invite 2018: 14.72UCSD Winter 2019: 14.69Westview Winter B 2021: 17.02UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 15.78UCSD Winter 2024: 15.20San Diego Newcomers 2024: 15.5811.6139.783 Apr 200416 Mar 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.