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Charles Elliot Adams

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019ADAM17

Charles Elliot Adams has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.84, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,155th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2019, he has put 91 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% 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 23.51 in November 2019 to 11.84, a 50% improvement. Charles has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.84
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022
91
official solves on the record
21%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.8415.77
top 13.3%7,155 / 59,724
2×24.877.15
top 37.7%15,071 / 40,951
Pyraminx8.9113.20
top 44.0%12,634 / 28,708
4×41:27.241:38.25
top 61.6%10,753 / 19,072
5×54:36.60
early days — 2 solves9,049 / 9,401

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

Berkeley Fall 2019: 23.51Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 21.79Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 11.84Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 16.35Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 12.31Berkeley Fall 2023: 13.8711.8423.5110 Nov 201918 Nov 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.