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Alexey Adamov

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012ADAM03

Alexey Adamov has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at MPEI Open 2013, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 129th in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2012, he has put 168 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.41 in November 2012 to 8.63, a 24% improvement. Alexey has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.63
signature single · MPEI Open 2013
168
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
3×38.6310.29
top 4.0%129 / 6,475
4×444.0651.14
top 17.1%241 / 2,080
2×23.555.51
top 20.8%792 / 4,782
5×51:25.031:45.39
top 23.3%158 / 941
Pyraminx6.5311.41
top 24.1%816 / 3,777
3×3 one-handed22.3826.42
top 27.1%431 / 1,770

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

MPEI Open 2012: 11.41Moscow North-West Open Winter 2013: 8.86Nelidovo Open 2013: 9.81Kalmyki Open 2013: 9.68MPEI Open 2013: 8.638.6311.4124 Nov 201223 Nov 2013

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.