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Evan Adams

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016ADAM05

Evan Adams has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.50, set at Blue Water Winter 2019, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,111th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2016, he has put 118 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.14 in July 2016 to 8.50, a 56% improvement. Evan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.50
signature single · Blue Water Winter 2019
118
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5010.99
top 3.7%2,111 / 59,724
Skewb2.746.03
top 3.8%595 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.186.97
top 8.6%2,205 / 28,708
2×23.704.86
top 22.7%8,913 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed25.5829.97
top 35.7%4,719 / 15,683

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

Petoskey Cubing 2016: 19.14Michigan 2016: 19.86CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 11.67Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 9.84Blue Water Winter 2019: 8.508.5019.8623 Jul 20169 Mar 2019

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 0.50 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.