People · Kenya
Seth Etana Zaki
3×3 · top 21.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025ZAKI02
Seth Etana Zaki has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.00, set at Nairobi Twist & Turn 2026, puts him in the top 21.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Kenya. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 99 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.56 in November 2025 to 14.00, a 58% improvement. Seth has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.00 | 15.94 | top 21.0% | 39 / 356 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.53 | 13.71 | top 32.3% | 30 / 148 | |
| Skewb | 7.95 | 10.17 | top 40.9% | 4 / 26 | |
| 2×2 | 5.88 | 7.14 | top 49.6% | 62 / 217 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.42 | 49.19 | top 63.0% | 21 / 47 | |
| Megaminx | 2:50.15 | 2:58.99 | top 70.3% | 9 / 18 | |
| 4×4 | 1:43.05 | 1:59.46 | top 72.6% | 27 / 49 | |
| 5×5 | 6:53.25 | 7:39.60 | top 99.3% | 17 / 17 |
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 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Nairobi Twist & Turn 2026.
- 22 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Nairobi Twist & Turn 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.29 at Nairobi Big and OH 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026First sub-30 3×3: 21.89 at Nairobi Cubes 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First competition: Kenya Nationals 2025. A 33.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nairobi Twist & Turn 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Nairobi Big and OH 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nairobi Cubes 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kenya Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
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.
- Eman Kabiru — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Kiplimo — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nadab Murithi Gitonga — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.