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Zach Cardwell

3×3 · top 51.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023CARD05

Zach Cardwell has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.44, set at Big E Slice 2023, puts him in the top 51.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29,998th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2023, he has put 38 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.04 in April 2023 to 24.44, a 32% improvement. Zach has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 51.4% of 284,439 all-time
24.44
signature single · Big E Slice 2023
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×324.4431.50
top 51.4%29,998 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.8421.40
top 72.1%21,339 / 28,708
Clock23.4727.20
top 73.5%6,388 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed59.86
top 83.8%12,553 / 15,683
2×216.8730.37
top 92.9%38,589 / 40,951

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

Country Roads Huntington 2023: 36.04Kentucky Horse Park 2023: 27.02MoreHead-to-Head 2023: 36.42Big E Slice 2023: 24.4424.4436.4222 Apr 202310 Jun 2023

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.44 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.