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McLain Adams
3×3 one-handed · top 7.5% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ADAM06
McLain Adams has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.72, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,007th in the United States. Until August 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2016, he has put 377 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.81 in August 2016 to 10.75, a 32% improvement. McLain has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.72 | 17.82 | top 7.5% | 1,007 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 10.75 | 12.45 | top 9.7% | 5,283 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 8.30 | top 20.1% | 5,377 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 4.75 | top 24.7% | 9,681 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 50.07 | 57.65 | top 24.8% | 3,794 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.75 | 2:07.84 | top 42.4% | 3,451 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 11.78 | 19.40 | top 64.9% | 12,072 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:23.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,943 / 2,092 | |
| Square-1 | 2:19.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,724 / 6,743 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
- 30 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at South Carolina 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Severna Park Summer 2017.
- 7 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2017.
- 28 Jan 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.11 at Monument Mountain Winter 2017.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Winter 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- South Carolina 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Severna Park Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Unionville Open Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Winter 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Monument Mountain Winter 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Lawrence Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Sharon Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
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.
- Charles Jerome — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zachary Ochs — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.