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Patrick Adams

3×3 · top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010ADAM02

Patrick Adams has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.68, set at Princeton Winter 2014, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,848th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since November 2010, he has put 181 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.13 in November 2010 to 11.68, a 45% improvement. Patrick has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.68
signature single · Princeton Winter 2014
181
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.6815.52
top 12.8%6,848 / 59,724
2×23.345.23
top 18.3%7,152 / 40,951
Megaminx1:20.381:34.13
top 22.1%1,518 / 7,841
4×41:02.001:06.61
top 38.6%6,263 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.3211.39
top 39.0%11,138 / 28,708
5×51:53.192:02.86
top 44.8%3,687 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed31.2939.85
top 49.6%6,811 / 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

Princeton Fall 2010: 21.13Princeton Fall 2011: 18.47River Hill Summer 2012: 14.80Princeton Fall 2012: 18.31Princeton Spring 2013: 13.15Princeton Winter 2014: 11.68Doylestown Spring 2015: 11.89New York Championship 2024: 14.3511.6821.136 Nov 201014 Sep 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.