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Zach Calin

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018CALI04

Zach Calin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.26, set at Get to the Point 2022, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 511th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since May 2018, he has put 1,528 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.88 in May 2018 to 7.59, a 79% improvement. Zach has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.26
signature single · Get to the Point 2022
1,528
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.263.58
top 1.2%511 / 40,951
3×37.599.96
top 2.1%1,257 / 59,724
Skewb2.295.43
top 2.2%323 / 18,907
Megaminx44.6449.07
top 3.0%210 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed15.2618.68
top 8.7%1,161 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.275.85
top 9.0%2,335 / 28,708
Square-113.5622.18
top 13.1%897 / 6,743
Clock8.3710.19
top 16.9%1,290 / 8,927
4×444.5949.76
top 17.8%2,701 / 19,072
5×51:39.521:46.52
top 35.0%2,779 / 9,401
6×62:54.053:27.15
top 38.1%1,376 / 4,196
7×75:14.635:47.87
top 55.4%1,637 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves43.67
top 55.5%1,178 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:24.34—
top 59.4%1,256 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 26:31—
early days — 1 solve657 / 731

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

Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 36.88Madison Blind N Stuff 2018: 22.95Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 18.56North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 17.74Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 14.92Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 15.02Cubetcha B 2021: 16.30North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 15.24Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 13.39CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 14.01Minnesota Cube Day 2022: 13.60Sioux Falls Spring 2022: 12.00Side Events Minnesota 2022: 11.34Get to the Point 2022: 10.93Cubetcha 2022: 11.09Rochester Fall 2022: 12.09Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 12.25Minnesota Meetup Tuesday 2023: 9.48North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 10.56Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023: 11.04SPAMtown Cubing 2023: 10.89FargoDome 2023: 11.03Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 11.26CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.00Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023: 7.59North Woods 2023: 10.91Cubetcha 2023: 9.31Elite in Eagan 2024: 9.64Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 11.33Rosemount Side Events 2024: 11.12Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 11.57Racing in Rosemount 2025: 10.87Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.53Minnesota Cube Melt 2026: 8.70Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.24SPAMTown IV MN 2026: 9.827.5936.8812 May 201825 Jul 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.