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Zachary Friedman

3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014FRIE03

Zachary Friedman has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.99, set at Indialantic Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,701st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since August 2014, he has put 951 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.88 in August 2014 to 8.99, a 40% improvement. Zachary has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.99
signature single · Indialantic Open 2018
951
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.9910.65
top 4.8%2,701 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.3318.28
top 6.7%917 / 15,683
Megaminx53.971:02.62
top 7.0%485 / 7,841
4×436.2642.00
top 7.9%1,200 / 19,072
Skewb3.985.91
top 10.8%1,657 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.696.02
top 11.3%2,950 / 28,708
2×22.813.86
top 12.1%4,777 / 40,951
5×51:12.121:18.25
top 13.2%1,016 / 9,401
6×62:05.652:21.54
top 13.5%497 / 4,196
7×73:26.673:38.71
top 18.6%527 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:58.45—
top 33.0%681 / 2,092
Square-123.1637.12
top 35.1%2,274 / 6,743
Clock12.1215.51
top 35.5%2,816 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
early days — 3 solves810 / 2,040

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

US Nationals 2014: 14.88Florida Feast 2014: 13.70Florida Spring 2015: 12.24Cubing Knights 2015: 11.72BASC 7 2015: 11.85Florida Feast 2015: 9.76Music City Winter 2016: 11.69For The Love Of Cubing 2016: 10.75Central Florida Summer 2016: 10.44Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 10.33Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 10.18Cubing Knights 2017: 9.33Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 9.92Indialantic Open 2018: 8.99Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018: 10.91Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019: 10.54Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 10.39Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 10.71CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 9.65Return to Quabbin 2023: 10.23Lexington Weeknights IV 2024: 10.19Springfield Cube Day 2024: 10.01The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025: 10.44Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.858.9914.881 Aug 20143 Jul 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.