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Zach Whelchel

3×3 · top 73.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008WHEL01

Zach Whelchel has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 37.05, set at Thankscubing Day 2009, puts him in the top 73.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44,573rd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2008, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 40.19 in December 2008 to 13.72, a 66% improvement. Zach has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 73.3% of 284,439 all-time
37.05
signature single · Thankscubing Day 2009
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×337.0545.30
top 73.3%44,573 / 59,724
2×213.7225.81
top 88.3%36,710 / 40,951
4×44:07.344:34.78
top 99.2%19,010 / 19,072

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

Indiana Winter Open 2008: 40.19Thankscubing Day 2009: 13.7213.7240.1913 Dec 200821 Nov 2009

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 7.05 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.