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Adrian Salazar

2×2 · top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017SALA08

Adrian Salazar has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Arkansolve 2023, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,513th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2017, he has put 156 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.58 in March 2017 to 10.13, a 67% improvement. Adrian has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.85
signature single · Arkansolve 2023
156
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.854.53
top 3.9%1,513 / 40,951
3×310.1313.12
top 7.8%4,321 / 59,724
5×51:30.201:38.80
top 27.5%2,149 / 9,401
4×453.3858.06
top 28.8%4,485 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed25.1631.04
top 34.6%4,564 / 15,683
6×63:40.224:54.16
top 58.8%2,245 / 4,196
7×75:51.026:07.13
top 65.4%1,981 / 3,184
Pyraminx12.0122.64
top 67.3%19,889 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded4:33.68
early days — 1 solve1,560 / 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

KCubing Winter 2017: 30.58Cube Even More in Wichita 2022: 11.74Arkansolve 2023: 11.74Twisters in Tulsa 2023: 10.13DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 11.35Oklahoma Championship 2024: 13.2910.1330.584 Mar 201729 Jun 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.