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Zac Howell

3×3 · top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013HOWE01

Zac Howell has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.09, set at Michigan Mystery 2014, puts him in the top 28.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,374th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2013, he has put 42 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.47 in July 2013 to 16.09, a 25% improvement. Zac has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.1% of 284,439 all-time
16.09
signature single · Michigan Mystery 2014
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.0918.36
top 28.1%15,374 / 59,724
2×24.405.84
top 31.6%12,567 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed27.4048.32
top 40.4%5,388 / 15,683
Square-11:49.20
early days — 2 solves6,645 / 6,743

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

Tree Town 2013: 21.47Leaf Town 2013: 20.90Michigan Mystery 2014: 16.0916.0921.4713 Jul 201322 Nov 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.