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Joseph Adams

3×3 · top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023ADAM24

Joseph Adams has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.18, set at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025, puts him in the top 40.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,998th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2023, he has put 42 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.00 in October 2023 to 20.18, a 22% improvement. Joseph has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time
20.18
signature single · Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.1823.06
top 40.5%22,998 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.9715.83
top 52.8%15,404 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed40.6453.08
top 66.2%9,402 / 15,683
4×41:46.852:03.53
top 74.9%13,634 / 19,072
Skewb16.1326.63
top 81.7%15,648 / 18,907
2×211.74
early days — 3 solves34,753 / 40,951

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

Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 26.00UMBC Fall 2024: 20.87Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025: 20.1820.1826.007 Oct 202327 Sep 2025

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.