People · United States
Paxton Zarovy
2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022ZARO02
Paxton Zarovy has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,588th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since September 2022, he has put 255 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.48 in September 2022 to 19.96, a 27% improvement. Paxton has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 5.44 | top 6.5% | 2,588 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 19.96 | 24.88 | top 39.8% | 22,575 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.00 | 12.61 | top 60.5% | 17,801 / 28,708 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.96 at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Texas BarbeCubing 2022. A 27.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026 · 2 Aug 2026
- Temple Qualifier 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Austin Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- The Heart of Texas 2025 · 26 Jan 2025
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024
- DFW Cubing Spring 2024 · 28 Apr 2024
- Cube With Attention in Denton 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Space City Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023
- MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube With Intention in Denton 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022
- Texas BarbeCubing 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Owen Zarovy — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Conard — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.