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Zachary Au-Swartzkopf
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022AUSW01
Zachary Au-Swartzkopf has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at Berkeley Winter B 2023, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,306th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2022, he has put 221 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.94 in April 2022 to 8.67, a 27% improvement. Zachary has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.67 | 10.90 | top 4.1% | 2,306 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.19 | 18.19 | top 6.5% | 889 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 4.07 | top 13.1% | 5,164 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 41.14 | 47.37 | top 13.4% | 2,006 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 5.75 | 9.42 | top 23.8% | 3,854 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 20.46 | 38.64 | top 29.0% | 1,890 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.93 | 2:12.41 | top 43.2% | 3,539 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:05.01 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,613 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:17.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,210 / 3,184 |
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
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022. A 11.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022
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.
- Nolan Yiu — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- An Le — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.