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Jacob Adams

3×3 · top 61.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012ADAM01

Jacob Adams has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.51, set at MIT Spring 2015, puts him in the top 61.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36,782nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2012, he has put 62 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.97 in February 2012 to 29.51, a 28% improvement. Jacob has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 61.7% of 284,439 all-time
29.51
signature single · MIT Spring 2015
62
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×329.5135.49
top 61.7%36,782 / 59,724
2×210.2313.62
top 78.8%32,662 / 40,951
Pyraminx14.7318.47
top 80.8%23,918 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed57.79
early days — 3 solves12,330 / 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

MIT Spring 2012: 40.97Williams Winter 2014: 47.05Williams Winter 2015: 37.83MIT Spring 2015: 29.51Williams Winter 2016: 32.2829.5147.0518 Feb 201213 Feb 2016

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.51 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.