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Zac Livesay

3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008LIVE01

Zac Livesay has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.81, set at Cumberland Valley Open 2009, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,973rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2008, he has put 95 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.68 in May 2008 to 12.81, a 23% improvement. Zac has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.81
signature single · Cumberland Valley Open 2009
95
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.8114.50
top 16.8%8,973 / 59,724
2×23.566.64
top 20.9%8,206 / 40,951
4×41:16.711:31.06
top 53.1%9,029 / 19,072
5×52:20.662:38.64
top 61.4%5,275 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves
early days — 1 solve1,529 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed50.9252.47
top 77.5%11,364 / 15,683
6×65:15.96
early days — 1 solve3,418 / 4,196

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

Washington DC Open 2008: 16.68Cumberland Valley Open 2009: 12.81Cornell Spring 2011: 14.80Maryland 2017: 13.0912.8116.6817 May 20087 Oct 2017

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.

  • Kian Barry — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Erik Johnson — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Bob Burton — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 12 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.