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Kaiden Ziegler

Pyraminx · top 0.43% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018ZIEG02

Kaiden Ziegler has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.51, set at A New Year in Auckland 2021, puts him in the top 0.43% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in New Zealand. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,522 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.69 in June 2018 to 1.51, an 86% improvement. Kaiden has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.43% of 129,321 all-time
1.51
signature single · A New Year in Auckland 2021
1,522
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx1.513.62
top 0.43%16 / 1,141
Skewb3.454.78
top 7.4%67 / 666
2×22.494.34
top 8.8%188 / 1,615
3×310.9614.18
top 10.4%223 / 2,095
Square-113.5518.29
top 13.1%42 / 251
4×449.2053.92
top 23.7%165 / 722
Clock10.1711.86
top 25.9%103 / 303
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
early days — 3 solves43 / 111
5×51:47.311:55.90
top 40.7%142 / 355
Megaminx2:16.632:37.10
top 54.6%167 / 283
6×63:30.563:52.91
top 54.9%95 / 149
3×3 one-handed40.3644.48
top 65.8%357 / 600
7×75:55.306:11.75
top 66.5%97 / 126

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

SNZ Northern 2018: 10.69Auckland Spring 2018: 7.33New Zealand Nationals 2018: 3.80WCA World Championship 2019: 3.95New Zealand Nationals 2019: 4.05Auckland Summer Open 2020: 1.87Welcome Back Wellington 2020: 3.71New Zealand Nationals 2020: 3.18A New Year in Auckland 2021: 1.51NZ North Island Championship 2021: 3.66Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022: 2.88Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 2.58New Zealand Nationals 2022: 2.98A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 3.61Auckland Autumn 2023: 2.79Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 2.65NZ North Island Championship 2023: 3.36Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024: 2.96Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 2.75South Auckland Side Events 2024: 3.71A New Year in Auckland 2025: 2.73Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 4.48Coping in Auckland 2025: 2.88Beachside Auckland 2025: 2.62New Zealand Nationals 2025: 2.26A New Year in Auckland 2026: 2.38NZ North Island Championship 2026: 3.93Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 3.25Welcome Back Hamilton 2026: 2.57Auckland Winter Open 2026: 2.701.5110.6923 Jun 201820 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.