People · United Kingdom
Zach Powell
3×3 · top 28.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016POWE03
Zach Powell has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.12, set at Devon Winter 2026, puts him in the top 28.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,870th in the United Kingdom. Across 9 competitions since April 2016, he has put 95 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.64 in April 2016 to 16.12, a 51% improvement. Zach has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.12 | 20.18 | top 28.2% | 1,870 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 4.93 | 12.62 | top 38.4% | 2,023 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.94 | 17.33 | top 72.6% | 2,836 / 3,656 |
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
- 24 Nov 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.85 at Weston-super-Mare Open 2018.
- 4 Nov 2016First sub-30 3×3: 21.06 at UK Championship 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016First competition: Exeter Open 2016. A 32.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Devon Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Exeter Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Exeter Open 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
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.
- AJ Nicholls — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bertie Longden — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.