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Zachary Doblas

3×3 · top 0.39% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021DOBL01

Zachary Doblas has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.82, set at NZ Cubing in the Capital 2026, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in New Zealand. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since March 2021, he has put 1,021 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.89 in March 2021 to 5.82, an 81% improvement. Zachary has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.39% of 288,433 all-time
5.82
signature single · NZ Cubing in the Capital 2026
1,021
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×35.828.19
top 0.39%18 / 2,145
2×21.152.54
top 0.91%44 / 1,627
4×431.9638.76
top 4.2%45 / 745
Clock5.968.02
top 7.1%37 / 319
Pyraminx4.777.19
top 11.8%171 / 1,149
5×51:17.921:30.31
top 17.6%73 / 364
Square-120.0739.69
top 28.2%86 / 254
Skewb7.1910.11
top 35.2%267 / 670

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

Twisty Taranaki 2021: 29.89Palmerston North 2021: 21.68NZ North Island Championship 2021: 12.29NZ North Island Championship 2022: 9.66Wellington Summer 2023: 10.55Palmerston North 2023: 9.68NZ South Island Championship 2023: 10.08Half Turns Hataitai 2023: 9.83New Zealand Nationals 2023: 9.01Melbourne Summer 2024: 9.04Welcome to Wellington 2024: 8.38Palmerston North 2024: 8.13Solve Well In Wellington 2024: 8.33Only Cubes in Wellington 2024: 8.20Kubing in Kapiti 2024: 7.97New Zealand Nationals 2024: 8.17Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025: 8.49Johnsonville FTOpen 2025: 7.46Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025: 7.58Wellington Winter 2025: 7.38NZ North Island Championship 2025: 6.60Solve Well in Wellington 2025: 7.13NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025: 7.69Wellington Spring 2025: 7.59NZ Cubing in the Capital 2026: 5.825.8229.8920 Mar 202113 Sep 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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.