People · United States
Zachary Colwell
Skewb · top 27.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015COLW02
Zachary Colwell has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 6.26, set at WPI Winter Cube Day 2017, puts him in the top 27.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,541st in the United States. Across 22 competitions since October 2015, he has put 315 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.78 in October 2015 to 24.66, a 49% improvement. Zachary has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 6.26 | 10.72 | top 27.8% | 4,541 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.43 | 10.97 | top 39.9% | 11,426 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 24.66 | 29.45 | top 51.9% | 30,321 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.21 | 6.97 | top 53.0% | 21,628 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:52.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 14,412 / 19,072 |
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 Dec 2016First sub-30 3×3: 29.30 at UMass ODS Fall 2016.
- 25 Jun 2016Three personal bests in one day at Lexington Summer 2016.
- 3 Oct 2015First competition: Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015. A 48.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quinnipiac 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2018 · 18 Mar 2018
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018
- Cubing with the Viking 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
- Quabbin Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017
- Weston Spring 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Monument Mountain Winter 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- UMass ODS Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melrose Summer 2016 · 23 Jul 2016
- Lexington Summer 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Northeastern Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016
- MIT Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melrose Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
- Williams Winter 2016 · 13 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Sharon Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Northeastern Fall 2015 · 15 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015 · 3 Oct 2015
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.
- Luke Galioto — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Eric Zhao — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Alex Cohen — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.