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Zach Emery
Pyraminx · top 8.4% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014EMER01
Zach Emery has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.13, set at Lawrence Fall 2016, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,179th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2014, he has put 326 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.68 in June 2014 to 16.59, a 71% improvement. Zach has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.13 | 8.78 | top 8.4% | 2,179 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 6.26 | top 13.1% | 5,214 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 10.23 | 11.00 | top 26.1% | 2,068 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 16.59 | 21.51 | top 29.8% | 16,617 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 7.93 | 10.60 | top 40.8% | 7,180 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.29 | 1:00.65 | top 73.1% | 10,714 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.87 | 2:05.18 | top 77.8% | 14,536 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 4:28.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,704 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 1:38.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,654 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 63 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,988 / 2,059 |
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
- 16 Jul 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.59 at Saint Mary Scramble 2016.
- 16 Jul 2016Five personal bests in one day at Saint Mary Scramble 2016.
- 31 Jul 2015First sub-30 3×3: 28.14 at US Nationals 2015.
- 23 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Clock N' Stuff 2015.
- 9 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2015.
- 7 Jun 2014First competition: Iowa Corn Lovers 2014. A 56.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Heartland Championships 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- South Omaha Speedsolve 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Iowa State Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Marrs Mixup Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
- Lawrence Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Saint Mary Scramble 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- KCubing Spring 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Clock N' Stuff 2015 · 23 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Field of Cubes 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Lawrence Spring 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Iowa Corn Lovers 2014 · 7 Jun 2014
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brandon Mikel — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Christopher Olson — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.