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Zachary Garber

3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014GARB01

Zachary Garber has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at Pittsburgh Winter 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,505th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 175 competitions since November 2014, he has put 5,566 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.59 in November 2014 to 9.59, a 51% improvement. Zachary has entered 175 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.59
signature single · Pittsburgh Winter 2025
5,566
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.5912.08
top 6.3%3,505 / 59,724
2×22.405.27
top 8.0%3,139 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.237.87
top 8.8%2,271 / 28,708
Skewb4.137.80
top 11.8%1,838 / 18,907
4×443.5848.53
top 16.5%2,506 / 19,072
5×51:17.151:33.55
top 16.9%1,312 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed18.7825.54
top 17.2%2,217 / 15,683
Square-119.7536.48
top 27.4%1,806 / 6,743
Clock11.0612.59
top 30.4%2,372 / 8,927
6×62:48.463:07.67
top 35.3%1,270 / 4,196
Megaminx1:48.892:00.07
top 39.7%2,870 / 7,841
7×74:57.615:20.99
top 49.9%1,450 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded3:09.35—
top 55.0%1,165 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves50.67
top 71.5%1,479 / 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

Michigan Mystery 2014: 19.59Canadian Open 2015: 19.79Michigan 2015: 18.23Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015: 18.07Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 14.29Shaker Heights 2016: 15.77Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 21.24Dayton Spring 2016: 17.20Clock N' Other Stuff 2016: 15.31Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2016: 16.91Indiana 2016: 17.57US Nationals 2016: 14.43Michigan 2016: 16.78Mason Cubing Challenge 2016: 14.78Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016: 14.05Shaker Fall 2016: 15.17Dayton Winter 2017: 15.13Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 14.71Mishawaka Winter 2017: 13.28Bluegrass Spring 2017: 14.39Howland High Spring 2017: 14.38Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 13.55Shaker Spring 2017: 14.90Cat and Mouse 2017: 14.27Queen City 2017: 13.25Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 12.83CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 14.57Michigan 2017: 14.07Rally In The Valley 2017: 16.18Hendersonville Fall 2017: 15.64Howland High Fall 2017: 13.80Glass City Open 2017: 13.05Maryland 2017: 15.75Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017: 12.33ChicaGhosts 2017: 13.90Shaker Fall 2017: 13.45Wildcat Holiday 2017: 13.21Husky Showdown 2018: 12.38Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 16.77Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 14.49Howland Winter 2018: 16.64Classic City Closer 2018: 11.27Upstate Cubing 2018: 13.90Shaker Spring 2018: 11.37Rocket City 3.0 2018: 15.27Flag City Spring 2018: 14.30Kent State Taco Bash 2018: 11.87BU Spring 2018: 14.57CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 13.65CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 11.88Coach Pigeon 2018: 13.70Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 12.42First State 2018: 11.59Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 12.86CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 14.69Michigan 2018: 14.41Pennsylvania 2018: 14.04Cubing For LLS Fall 2018: 14.32Flag City Fall 2018: 12.31Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018: 12.68CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 12.21Shaker Fall 2018: 12.21Pittsburgh Open 2018: 11.67Imagination Station 2018: 13.39Florence Winter 2019: 15.52Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019: 12.37West Branch 2019: 12.80Derby City Open 2019: 12.36Arnold Classic North America 2019: 14.71Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 12.38Florida 2019: 13.27Cubing For Kyle 2019: 12.86Upstate Cubing 2019: 11.74Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 11.89Flag City Spring 2019: 12.45Kent State Taco Bash 2019: 12.86Buccaneer Bonanza 2019: 12.60CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 12.86Bulldog Qualifier 2019: 13.12Battle for Toledo 2019: 11.13Canadian Championship 2019: 13.70CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 15.03Michigan 2019: 13.95Cuyahoga Cubing 2019: 13.83Ken-Ton Cubing 2019: 11.19Burke Mountain Fall 2019: 12.79Flag City Fall 2019: 14.65Kent Fall 2019: 12.62Imagination Station 2020: 12.41Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020: 13.51Cubing At Sea 2020: 11.98Arnold Classic North America A 2020: 12.08Stowhio Open 2021: 13.83Pikes Peak Returns A 2021: 15.82Bulldog Holiday Bash 2021: 13.11Bulldog Winter 2022: 15.33Gem City 2022: 12.51Baton Rouge Winter 2022: 12.32NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 14.71Bulldog Winter 2.0 2022: 15.01Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 11.16Bulldog Spring 2022: 9.85Country Roads Huntington 2022: 11.79Lake Erie Showdown 2022: 13.34Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 15.07Howland Returns 2022: 11.46Pittsburgh Summer B 2022: 13.64CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 12.88Ohio Valley Open 2022: 14.01Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 12.20Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 12.93Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 12.48FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 12.14Bulldog Winter 2023: 11.89Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 13.26Pretzel Mania 2023: 11.50Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 11.95Ohio State Spring Gray 2023: 12.69Country Roads Huntington 2023: 10.45NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 11.54Bulldog Spring 2023: 11.71Michigan 2023: 12.12Flag City Summer 2023: 12.46CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.24Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 12.54Cubing by the Kings 2023: 11.38Bulldog Fall 2023: 11.20Lake Erie Showdown 2023: 12.94CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 12.14ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 11.89Ohio State Winter 2023: 11.35Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 10.69Eastwood Cubing 2024: 11.14Bulldog Winter 2024: 10.39Plum Puzzles 2024: 10.47Washtenaw Spring 2024: 14.70Trojan Spring 2024: 11.49Green Spring 2024: 12.72Barberton Mini 1 2024: 12.91NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024: 13.39Michigan Championship 2024: 10.73Green Summer 2024: 12.85Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 11.81CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 10.89Green Fall 2024: 9.77Fast in Fayette 2024: 11.34Barberton Mini 5 2024: 11.63NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 10.00Barberton Mini 7 2025: 12.63Pittsburgh Winter 2025: 9.59Green Winter 2025: 10.43Put-in-Bay 2025: 12.68Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025: 11.62Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.66Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025: 13.07Axemann Fall 2025: 11.11Oberlin Big Cubes 2025: 10.80Ohio Championship 2025: 12.57Return to Green OH 2026: 10.84Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.829.5921.2422 Nov 20142 Jul 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.