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Zach Goldthorpe
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015GOLD01
Zach Goldthorpe has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at Canadian Open 2015, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 183rd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2015, he has put 165 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Zach has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.64 | 4.20 | top 2.8% | 183 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 12.47 | 14.71 | top 15.5% | 1,463 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.90 | 32.24 | top 28.5% | 621 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.19 | 1:16.72 | top 42.0% | 1,132 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.14 | 3:11.91 | top 62.7% | 747 / 1,375 | |
| 5×5 | 3:19.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,163 / 1,499 |
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
- 6 Jun 2015Four personal bests in one day at Canadian Open 2015.
- 10 Jan 2015First competition: Edmonton Open Winter 2015. A 13.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025 · 3 Jan 2025
- Canada's Best in the West 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Too Much Cubing 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton Open Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016
- Canadian Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Edmonton Open Winter 2015 · 10 Jan 2015 — 1 personal best 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.
- Alex Mutch — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Theodore Chow — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Paris Dorn — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.