People · United States
Seth Adeleke
3×3 · top 3.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023ADEL02
Seth Adeleke has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.12, set at Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,746th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2023, he has put 183 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.82 in November 2023 to 8.12, a 45% improvement. Seth has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.12 | 9.99 | top 3.0% | 1,746 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 4.84 | top 8.3% | 3,304 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.57 | 7.56 | top 10.6% | 2,833 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.44 | 1:21.36 | top 15.3% | 1,059 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 46.47 | 52.43 | top 20.2% | 3,100 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.78 | 25.63 | top 25.5% | 3,327 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 6.55 | 9.39 | top 30.2% | 5,031 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.12 | 2:02.45 | top 48.3% | 4,092 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 19.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,405 / 9,172 |
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
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at UMBC Winter 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at NoVa Cube Winter 2024.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023
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.
- Panashe Sharma — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Blake Thompson — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rich Tayag — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.