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Joshua Adams

3×3 · top 50.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015ADAM06

Joshua Adams has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.25, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2016, puts him in the top 50.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29,739th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2015, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.70 in July 2015 to 24.25, a 26% improvement. Joshua has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.9% of 284,439 all-time
24.25
signature single · Slow N Steady Spring 2016
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×324.2527.82
top 50.9%29,739 / 59,724
2×26.0311.27
top 51.2%20,852 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.5815.75
top 57.5%16,837 / 28,708
Skewb19.02
early days — 2 solves16,932 / 18,907

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

US Nationals 2015: 32.70Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 28.07Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 24.2524.2532.7031 Jul 201518 Jun 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.25 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.