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David Adams

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009ADAM01

David Adams has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.37, set at Seattle Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,082nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 65 competitions since September 2009, he has put 1,641 official solves on the record across 14 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 13.71 in September 2009 to 7.37, a 46% improvement. David has entered 65 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.37
signature single · Seattle Summer 2026
1,641
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.379.64
top 1.8%1,082 / 59,724
4×431.5935.44
top 3.9%624 / 19,072
5×558.281:06.60
top 4.7%385 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded40.821:16.90
top 7.0%137 / 2,092
Clock6.288.47
top 8.2%643 / 8,927
2×22.734.42
top 11.3%4,435 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.039.80
top 13.4%3,482 / 28,708
7×73:20.703:43.41
top 16.5%460 / 3,184
6×62:12.592:22.53
top 16.7%595 / 4,196
Square-115.3620.76
top 17.2%1,168 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
early days — 3 solves652 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed27.6333.14
top 41.0%5,484 / 15,683
Megaminx2:16.182:31.43
top 54.4%4,079 / 7,841
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 4:41—
early days — 1 solve680 / 731

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

Vancouver Open 2009: 13.71Vancouver Open 2010: 14.53United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 13.84Big Cubes BC 2011: 13.86United States National Championships 2011: 16.43Vancouver Summer 2011: 13.02Vancouver Winter 2011: 12.66Cal Day 2012: 12.34Couve Cubing 2012: 12.31Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012: 12.09Vancouver Open Summer 2012: 12.68World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.40Vancouver Open Summer 2013: 10.30Berkeley Winter 2014: 11.40Berkeley Spring 2014: 11.41US Nationals 2014: 10.56Berkeley Summer 2014: 13.09BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 9.96Berkeley Spring 2015: 9.94SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 11.17Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 10.83Berkeley Spring 2016: 10.10Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 11.03European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 10.29Newport Fall 2016: 10.14Berkeley Winter 2017: 7.84MVCS Spring 2017: 9.66Qualifornia 2017: 9.42Berkeley Spring 2017: 9.11Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 8.79Vancouver Open Summer 2017: 8.606.25 Bay Area 2017: 8.39CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 9.26World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.29Northwest Championships 2017: 9.03Fresno Fall 2017: 9.75SacCubing III 2018: 9.76Berkeley Winter 2018: 9.99CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 9.19Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018: 9.56Colorado Qualifier 2018: 8.24CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 10.22West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 9.22West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 9.30SnoCo Summer 2018: 9.51CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 8.82SnoCo Fall 2018: 9.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 9.98Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 9.02Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 9.41Berkeley Spring 2019: 8.43SacCubing VII 2019: 8.66CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019: 9.22CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 8.46WCA World Championship 2019: 8.07CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.92SacCubing VIII 2019: 9.91Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 8.79Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.15Warm Up Seattle 2025: 9.19Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.98Seattle Summer 2026: 7.377.3716.4312 Sep 200911 Jul 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.