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Arthur Adams

3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2006 · 2006ADAM01

Arthur Adams has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.22, set at STMHS Spring 2019, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,463rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 76 competitions since January 2006, he has put 1,621 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:17.43 in January 2006 to 10.22, an 87% improvement. Arthur has entered 76 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.22
signature single · STMHS Spring 2019
1,621
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.2211.87
top 8.1%4,463 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed16.7319.95
top 11.9%1,551 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.878.34
top 12.4%3,221 / 28,708
4×448.7754.87
top 23.1%3,520 / 19,072
2×24.457.07
top 32.3%12,833 / 40,951
5×51:48.031:55.78
top 41.2%3,335 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded2:59.148:05.53
top 52.3%1,107 / 2,092
6×63:47.574:37.12
top 61.4%2,368 / 4,196
Megaminx2:40.063:04.09
top 66.0%5,056 / 7,841
Square-159.711:11.74
top 83.5%5,589 / 6,743
7×77:51.01—
early days — 1 solve2,800 / 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

Caltech Winter competition 2006: 1:17.43US Nationals 2006: 38.32Caltech Winter competition 2007: 35.38Caltech Summer competition 2007: 21.54Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 19.08EPGY California Open 2008: 18.56Berkeley Spring competition 2008: 19.03US Nationals and Open 2008: 23.03Westchester Fall 2008: 17.81San Francisco Open 2009: 20.38US Nationals 2009: 14.47MIT Fall 2009: 15.33Brown Cubing Day 2009: 15.33MIT Spring 2010: 13.69Stanford Spring 2010: 14.69United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 13.56Harvard Fall 2010: 15.88MIT Fall 2010: 13.44Brown Cubing Day 2011: 14.02MIT Spring 2011: 14.61United States National Championships 2011: 14.78Harvard Fall 2011: 12.91MIT Fall 2011: 13.53MIT Spring 2012: 13.16Harvard Spring 2012: 11.09Brown Cubing Day 2012: 12.34United States National Championships 2012: 14.88Berkeley Fall 2012: 14.43World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 13.67GCC Fall 2014: 15.13Harvard Fall 2014: 13.18Williams Winter 2015: 14.85Yale Spring 2015: 13.94Norwich Summer 2015: 13.93Lexington Fall 2015: 13.53Manhasset Fall 2015: 13.34Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 13.56Williams Winter 2016: 14.50Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 14.80Manhasset Spring 2016: 13.98Lexington Summer 2016: 11.11New York City Summer 2016: 13.12Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 12.70Big Cube Bash 2017: 10.44Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 13.88Hudson Valley Fall 2017: 13.39Hudson Valley Open 2018: 12.58CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 13.97Quinnipiac 2018: 11.88Hudson Valley Winter 2019: 12.45SBU Spring 2019: 13.57STMHS Spring 2019: 10.22Hudson Valley Summer 2019: 13.00Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 11.33Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 11.02Blue Water Bridge Open 2022: 10.61Chula Vista Winter 2023: 11.81Oak Valley Winter B 2023: 12.80Circle City Turbocharged 2023: 10.52A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 11.32UCSD Spring 2023: 10.81Give Back RPV 2023: 11.44Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023: 11.35UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 10.71Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 11.37UCSD Summer 2023: 10.65Santa Ana Summer A 2023: 11.06Corona Summer 2023: 11.86UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 11.74Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 11.24UCSD Winter 2023: 10.30Triton Tricubealon 2024: 12.25Orange County Newcomers 2024: 12.0810.221:17.4314 Jan 20063 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.

  • Tim Reynolds — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
  • Rowe Hessler — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.