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Zachary Austin

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017AUST02

Zachary Austin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Denver Back to School 2019, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 825th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2017, he has put 583 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.64 in June 2017 to 8.04, a 52% improvement. Zachary has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.48
signature single · Denver Back to School 2019
583
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.483.31
top 2.1%825 / 40,951
3×38.0410.30
top 2.9%1,637 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.414.91
top 5.1%1,333 / 28,708
4×442.0749.40
top 14.6%2,184 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed19.3524.75
top 18.8%2,420 / 15,683
Skewb5.258.62
top 20.1%3,207 / 18,907
5×51:35.902:07.59
top 32.2%2,555 / 9,401
Megaminx2:36.19
early days — 2 solves4,887 / 7,841
Square-145.32
early days — 3 solves4,692 / 6,743

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

1 Body Cubing 2017: 16.64Longmont Summer 2017: 14.93Veterans Day Open 2017: 12.92Santa Fe Spring 2018: 11.41Colorado Qualifier 2018: 8.04CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.77Pueblo Open 2018: 10.44Rocky Mountain Spring 2019: 9.11Colorado Qualifier 2019: 9.74Pikes Peak 2019: 8.59BeCubed Summer 2019: 9.44Denver Back to School 2019: 9.46Colorado Springs Winter 2020: 9.39Pikes Peak Good Afternoon 2022: 9.718.0416.643 Jun 20179 Apr 2022

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.