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Zachary Bussey

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BUSS01

Zachary Bussey has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.49, set at Harmony El Paso Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,166th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since April 2022, he has put 743 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.77 in April 2022 to 7.49, a 66% improvement. Zachary has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.49
signature single · Harmony El Paso Cubing 2023
743
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.498.90
top 2.0%1,166 / 59,724
2×21.983.00
top 4.6%1,844 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed14.6819.03
top 7.4%999 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.027.59
top 7.8%1,983 / 28,708
4×438.8049.46
top 10.7%1,584 / 19,072
Megaminx1:52.012:03.70
top 41.5%3,015 / 7,841
5×51:48.741:55.62
top 41.7%3,384 / 9,401
Skewb10.5213.65
top 58.2%10,638 / 18,907

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

Pikes Peak Good Morning 2022: 21.77Slopeside Solving 2022: 17.47BeCubed Summer 2022: 18.52Pueblo Puzzling 2022: 13.24Cubing in The Springs 2022: 11.95LoCo Cubing PM 2022: 13.49Cubing on the Octagon 2022: 13.23Bundle Up Broomfield 2023: 12.12High Plains Solving 2023: 11.89Mile High Megacomp 2023: 9.50Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 9.34BeCubed Spring 2023: 9.73Cubing In Creek 2023: 9.22Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2023: 9.13Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023: 8.86CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.68CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 8.88Harmony El Paso Cubing 2023: 7.49USAFA Flyby Cubing 2023: 8.52Spring Madness Colorado 2024: 7.54Cherry on Top Colorado AM 2024: 7.50Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024: 8.98Colorado Springs Showdown 2024: 9.61Pueblo Puzzling 2025: 9.40Colorado Springs Spring 2025: 7.57El Paso 2025: 8.16West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 9.11Pikes Peak AM 2026: 8.06Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 7.827.4921.779 Apr 202221 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.