People · South Africa
Zachary Barter
2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024BART17
Zachary Barter has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in South Africa. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2024, he has put 252 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.81 in August 2024 to 12.51, a 45% improvement. Zachary has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.27 | 4.45 | top 1.3% | 9 / 1,510 | |
| Skewb | 3.53 | 10.65 | top 7.9% | 29 / 438 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.02 | 7.99 | top 13.3% | 107 / 946 | |
| 3×3 | 12.51 | 16.07 | top 15.7% | 181 / 2,164 | |
| 4×4 | 52.88 | 1:03.27 | top 28.2% | 90 / 491 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.58 | 2:03.25 | top 40.9% | 61 / 221 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.28 at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Six personal bests in one day at Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Beginner and Blind Cape Town 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.51 at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Mother City Cubing Cape Town 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mega Mania Cape Town 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Beginner and Blind Cape Town 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Daniel Rush — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jesse Osburn — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Micah Willenburgh — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.