People · United States
Timothy Zhuang
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015ZHUA03
Timothy Zhuang has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.39, set at UCSD Summer 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,094th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2015, he has put 311 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.82 in May 2015 to 7.39, a 74% improvement. Timothy has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.39 | 8.70 | top 1.8% | 1,094 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.00 | 4.30 | top 5.0% | 777 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.46 | 19.13 | top 7.0% | 938 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 44.81 | 49.01 | top 18.1% | 2,752 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.42 | 5.16 | top 19.2% | 7,537 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 12.83 | 13.93 | top 38.9% | 3,093 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Circle City Summer 2022.
- 16 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at San Diego Spring 2022.
- 16 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at San Diego Spring 2022.
- 11 Dec 2021First sub-15 3×3: 11.17 at Westview Winter A 2021.
- 31 Aug 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.88 at San Diego Summer 2019.
- 31 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at San Diego Summer 2019.
Competitions
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
- San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marshall Cubing September 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Circle City Summer 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- San Diego Spring 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Westview Winter A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Thanks for the InFive 2018 · 12 May 2018
- Thanks Four The Invite 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Summer Splash 2015 · 23 May 2015
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.
- Derek Hsieh — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kavin Tangtartharakul — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Max Park — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.