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Zachary Frieden

3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023FRIE01

Zachary Frieden has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.04, set at Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,162nd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2023, he has put 168 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.90 in January 2023 to 10.04, a 50% improvement. Zachary has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.04
signature single · Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023
168
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.0412.78
top 7.6%4,162 / 59,724
Square-116.8538.59
top 20.6%1,386 / 6,743
4×448.3854.11
top 22.6%3,425 / 19,072
2×23.795.13
top 23.8%9,332 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.199.97
top 29.4%8,145 / 28,708
5×51:37.581:52.99
top 33.5%2,663 / 9,401
Megaminx1:49.932:00.98
top 40.3%2,914 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed29.9836.71
top 46.6%6,342 / 15,683
Skewb9.0312.18
top 48.6%8,677 / 18,907
Clock16.2821.95
top 52.8%4,346 / 8,927
6×64:08.654:26.94
top 68.3%2,670 / 4,196

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

Baton Rouge Winter 2023: 19.90Bayou Big Cubes 2023: 17.41CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 16.76Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023: 10.0410.0419.907 Jan 202324 Nov 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.