People · United States
Zach Zwerling
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 9.9% of 12,418 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013ZWER01
Zach Zwerling has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 28 moves, set at It Better Be Solved NYC 2018, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 12,418 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 231st in the United States. Across 20 competitions since September 2013, he has put 344 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.02 in September 2013 to 11.21, a 64% improvement. Zach has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | 32.33 | top 9.9% | 231 / 2,059 | |
| 3×3 | 11.21 | 13.25 | top 11.2% | 6,130 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.61 | top 13.3% | 5,305 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 44.58 | 54.14 | top 17.8% | 2,737 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 5.25 | 6.71 | top 20.2% | 3,253 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.98 | 28.51 | top 20.5% | 2,657 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.87 | 1:56.74 | top 41.9% | 3,457 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:26.09 | — | top 42.0% | 904 / 2,128 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.28 | 3:59.40 | top 58.9% | 2,280 / 4,262 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.13 | 19.02 | top 61.5% | 18,369 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 21.63 | 32.84 | top 69.2% | 6,127 / 9,172 |
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
- 21 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at New York City Spring 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Rutgers Spring 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at New York City Winter 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at New York City Winter 2018.
- 16 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Liberty Science Center Open 2017.
- 23 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2017.
Competitions
- Meadowlands 2019 · 4 May 2019
- FMC Americas 2018 · 4 Nov 2018
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018
- Kew Forest Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- It Better Be Solved NYC 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Meadowlands 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- North Plainfield Open 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- New York City Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Rutgers Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- New York City Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Big N Blind NYC 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
- Princeton Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornell Open Spring 2014 · 27 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2013 · 14 Dec 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- CCFC Fall 2013 · 21 Sep 2013
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.
- Kymberlyn Calderon — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Chris Chi — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Eva Kato — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.