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Griffin Zielke

2×2 · top 15.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022ZIEL02

Griffin Zielke has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at DFW Back to School 2025, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,943rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2022, he has put 125 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.91 in October 2022 to 15.22, a 36% improvement. Griffin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 15.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.08
signature single · DFW Back to School 2025
125
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.085.13
top 15.2%5,943 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.389.70
top 22.9%6,176 / 28,708
3×315.2217.04
top 25.2%13,699 / 59,724
4×41:24.201:31.06
top 59.3%10,255 / 19,072
Skewb12.0315.55
top 66.2%12,348 / 18,907
Clock25.93
early days — 1 solve6,902 / 8,927

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

Cube More in Ardmore 2022: 23.91Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 17.37DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 17.98OKC Holiday Cube-Off 2024: 18.04Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025: 17.00Cube More in Ardmore 2025: 15.22DFW Back to School 2025: 15.5915.2223.911 Oct 202230 Aug 2025

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.