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Roman Ades

3×3 · top 29.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016ADES01

Roman Ades has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.43, set at Classic City Summer 2017, puts him in the top 29.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,019th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2016, he has put 52 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.35 in June 2016 to 16.43, a 56% improvement. Roman has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.2% of 284,439 all-time
16.43
signature single · Classic City Summer 2017
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.4324.65
top 29.2%16,019 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.3111.04
top 38.9%11,105 / 28,708
2×26.898.09
top 59.5%24,418 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed48.731:10.23
top 75.6%10,993 / 15,683
Square-153.99
early days — 2 solves5,283 / 6,743
Skewb15.4317.46
top 79.7%15,244 / 18,907
4×42:02.64
early days — 1 solve15,483 / 19,072

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

Duke Summer 2016: 37.35Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 25.63Classic City Summer 2017: 16.4316.4337.3511 Jun 20165 Aug 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.