People · Ireland
Zac Looney
2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019LOON02
Zac Looney has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at UK Championship 2019, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2019, he has put 234 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.10 in April 2019 to 10.83, a 28% improvement. Zac has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 4.66 | top 8.5% | 125 / 1,163 | |
| 3×3 | 10.83 | 13.13 | top 10.0% | 153 / 1,427 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.95 | 8.27 | top 12.9% | 164 / 911 | |
| Skewb | 6.36 | 9.65 | top 28.6% | 194 / 624 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.76 | 36.10 | top 43.8% | 171 / 448 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.63 | 1:20.08 | top 52.2% | 270 / 579 |
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
- 31 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.93 at Irish Championship 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019First competition: Cork Open 2019. A 15.21 3×3 single to start from.
- 13 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cork Open 2019.
Competitions
- Tuam Re-Open Sunday 2021 · 28 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Don't DNF Dublin 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Every Event Éire 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cork Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ciarán Beahan — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Scott Froggatt — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.