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Zach Hyman

2×2 · top 0.55% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023HYMA01

Zach Hyman has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.00, set at Boulder Holiday Bash 2025, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 229th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since June 2023, he has put 1,112 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.34 in June 2023 to 8.71, a 59% improvement. Zach has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.55% of 186,767 all-time
1.00
signature single · Boulder Holiday Bash 2025
1,112
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.003.50
top 0.55%229 / 40,951
3×38.7112.30
top 4.2%2,342 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.555.60
top 5.7%1,469 / 28,708
Skewb3.244.30
top 6.3%968 / 18,907
Clock6.517.98
top 9.2%713 / 8,927
4×439.0749.93
top 11.0%1,631 / 19,072
Square-113.5818.63
top 13.2%904 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed17.6020.70
top 14.1%1,828 / 15,683
5×51:13.461:22.86
top 14.2%1,084 / 9,401
Megaminx1:08.491:15.21
top 14.8%1,002 / 7,841
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 50:36—
early days — 2 solves114 / 731
3×3 blindfolded1:21.631:56.39
top 20.1%400 / 2,092
7×73:51.854:07.36
top 27.7%781 / 3,184
6×62:50.242:56.61
top 36.2%1,304 / 4,196
4×4 blindfolded8:58.50—
early days — 3 solves214 / 440
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves47.33
top 62.5%1,310 / 2,040

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

Summer Solving Colorado 2023: 21.34The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023: 19.14CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 17.38Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023: 18.33Happy Holidays Colorado 2023: 13.63Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024: 15.32Spring Madness Colorado 2024: 15.89Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024: 19.15Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 14.51Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 12.78Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024: 15.67Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2024: 12.38Back to School Colorado 2024: 12.05Colorado Championship 2024: 12.87Centennial State Cube Off 2024: 11.82Boulder Holiday Bash 2025: 13.22Winter Warmup CO 2025: 13.10A Little Fun in Littleton Colorado 2025: 14.04Happy Crew CO 2025: 11.63Pueblo Puzzling 2025: 11.85Colorado Springs Summer 2025: 11.33Colorado Cubing Weekend 2025: 8.71Rocky Mountain Championship 2025: 9.91Pi Day Cubing CO 2026: 9.958.7121.3424 Jun 202314 Mar 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.

  • Stone Amsbaugh — met in 211 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
  • Evan Wilson — met in 198 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
  • Kian Cline — met in 194 rounds, finished ahead 20 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.