People · United States
Melinda Zielfelder
3×3 · top 82.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ZIEL02
Melinda Zielfelder has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 45.73, set at Naticube 2024, puts her in the top 82.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50,679th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2023, she has put 63 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 59.25 in January 2023 to 45.73, a 23% improvement. Melinda has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 45.73 | 57.58 | top 82.7% | 50,679 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 12.14 | 16.79 | top 84.8% | 35,209 / 40,951 |
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
- 22 Jan 2023First competition: Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023. A 59.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Salem Cubikon 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Naticube 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Winchester Wind Down 2023 · 30 Dec 2023
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Cape Cod 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint John's Scramble 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 · 22 Jan 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 her.
- Lucas Zielfelder — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 5.73 away.
- A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as she improves.