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Zachary Chermak

Clock · top 44.9% of 32,048 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CHER06

Zachary Chermak has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 14.25, set at Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024, puts him in the top 44.9% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,618th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since July 2022, he has put 130 official solves on the record across five 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 1:01.52 in July 2022 to 33.20, a 46% improvement. Zachary has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 44.9% of 32,048 all-time
14.25
signature single · Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024
130
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock14.2518.08
top 44.9%3,618 / 8,927
2×26.658.78
top 57.4%23,511 / 40,951
Pyraminx11.3717.27
top 63.1%18,588 / 28,708
3×333.2043.01
top 67.8%40,888 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed2:06.992:42.02
top 98.5%15,458 / 15,683

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

Flower City Cube Fest 2022: 1:01.52Lake Placid 2023: 49.80Cicero 2023: 49.09Empire State Winter 2024: 33.20Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024: 39.10ROC the Cube 2024: 50.05New York Championship 2024: 49.59Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024: 45.63Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025: 48.12Brockport Bolt 2025: 40.6333.201:01.5230 Jul 202216 Aug 2025

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.

  • Matthew Chermak — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Evan Liu — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ethan Qiu — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.