People · United States
Zach Taylor
2×2 · top 7.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020TAYL01
Zach Taylor has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,809th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2020, he has put 513 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.50 in January 2020 to 11.28, a 56% improvement. Zach has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 4.33 | top 7.0% | 2,809 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 11.28 | 14.29 | top 11.4% | 6,232 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.14 | 5.67 | top 11.9% | 1,872 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.01 | 7.97 | top 13.2% | 3,514 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 9.60 | 12.47 | top 23.0% | 1,805 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 56.06 | 1:01.34 | top 32.1% | 5,159 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.50 | 31.74 | top 38.2% | 5,143 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.24 | 2:43.66 | top 68.8% | 6,124 / 9,537 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at NCSU Wolfpack 2025.
- 13 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025.
- 16 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Staunton Speedsolving 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.21 at GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022.
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.80 at GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022.
Competitions
- Soda City Cubing SC 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Bull City Summer NC 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- See Georgia: Lake Russell A 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Staunton Speedsolving 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- AlphaCubing B 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
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.
- Eddie Szuster — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Andreas Lambropoulos — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Katie Hull — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.