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Sam Adams
Pyraminx · top 8.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ADAM08
Sam Adams has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.24, set at Oregon State Leap Day 2020, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,333rd in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2019, he has put 234 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.80 in April 2019 to 11.62, a 49% improvement. Sam has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 6.02 | top 8.9% | 2,333 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 54.47 | — | top 11.3% | 219 / 2,128 | |
| Skewb | 4.09 | 7.33 | top 11.6% | 1,815 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 11.62 | 12.43 | top 12.6% | 6,873 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 14.71 | 17.93 | top 15.8% | 1,079 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 47.36 | 51.92 | top 21.4% | 3,292 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 9.76 | 10.62 | top 23.8% | 1,868 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.13 | 1:36.02 | top 27.1% | 1,903 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 4.18 | 4.69 | top 28.9% | 11,633 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,046 / 2,059 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.58 | 2:11.06 | top 49.2% | 4,182 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 3:49.38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,432 / 4,262 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 17:17.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 350 / 442 | |
| 7×7 | 7:24.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,704 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:13.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,003 / 15,900 |
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
- 12 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2022.
- 12 Mar 2022Three personal bests in one day at Welcome Back Portland 2022.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Oregon State Leap Day 2020.
- 14 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Keep Portland Weird 2019.
- 7 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Puget Sound NxNxN 2019.
- 17 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.70 at Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019.
Competitions
- Oregon Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Portland 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon State Leap Day 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Portland in a Pyra Tree 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Puget Sound NxNxN 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Quiet 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Lincoln City 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
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.
- Jason White — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Max Siauw — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,224 people have one; it is 4.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.