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Zachary Barnes
Pyraminx · top 43.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BARN16
Zachary Barnes has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024, puts him in the top 43.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,534th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since November 2023, he has put 73 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.35 in November 2023 to 37.13, a 14% improvement. Zachary has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.87 | 17.62 | top 43.7% | 12,534 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.68 | 7.61 | top 47.4% | 19,185 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 37.13 | 47.12 | top 73.4% | 44,635 / 59,724 |
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
- 10 Nov 2023First competition: Virginia Championship 2023. A 43.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023
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.
- Pierce Tickle — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benson Kim — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Griffin Kim — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.