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Adrian Russo
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022RUSS02
Adrian Russo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.58, set at UIUC Spring 2023, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,491st in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2022, he has put 175 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.60 in April 2022 to 9.58, a 30% improvement. Adrian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.58 | 12.28 | top 6.3% | 3,491 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 40.39 | 44.93 | top 12.6% | 1,849 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 5.16 | top 22.4% | 8,813 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.52 | 25.01 | top 24.6% | 3,177 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.31 | 1:43.32 | top 30.9% | 2,444 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:14.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,202 / 2,092 |
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
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at UIUC Spring 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at UIUC Spring 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Peoria 2022.
- 29 Apr 2022First competition: CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022. A 14.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UIUC Side Events Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UIUC Fall 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UIUC Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- UIUC Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Peoria 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tommy Moreno — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Edward Vakula — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Stambaugh — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.