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Zachary Barrus

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019BARR19

Zachary Barrus has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at Back to School Utah 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,342nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2019, he has put 417 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.64 in September 2019 to 8.71, a 65% improvement. Zachary has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.71
signature single · Back to School Utah 2023
417
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.7110.30
top 4.2%2,342 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.746.49
top 6.4%1,652 / 28,708
Square-110.4816.71
top 7.0%509 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed15.0517.12
top 8.2%1,096 / 15,683
4×439.7144.69
top 11.8%1,742 / 19,072
Skewb4.555.59
top 14.8%2,321 / 18,907
5×51:18.181:25.75
top 17.7%1,367 / 9,401
2×23.344.23
top 18.3%7,152 / 40,951
Clock8.9113.66
top 19.6%1,495 / 8,927
Megaminx1:27.911:34.78
top 26.8%1,847 / 7,841
6×62:36.142:51.08
top 28.8%1,019 / 4,196
7×74:37.014:47.63
top 43.5%1,252 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded4:41.43—
early days — 1 solve1,587 / 2,092

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

Resticker Utah 2019: 24.64Big and Skewb Utah 2019: 20.69Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 10.81Utah Megacomp 2023: 10.90Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023: 11.02Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 10.23Southern Utah Summer 2023: 9.56Utah Summer Side Events B 2023: 10.18Back to School Utah 2023: 8.71Utah Valley Open 2023: 9.64Utah Championship 2023: 9.79Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 9.838.7124.6421 Sep 201916 Dec 2023

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.

  • Eric Pesci — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Isaac Myers — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
  • Cade Beck — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 22 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.