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Zachary Giesken

2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017GIES01

Zachary Giesken has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,561st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2017, he has put 793 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.99 in October 2017 to 10.58, a 50% improvement. Zachary has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.23
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2019
793
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.234.30
top 6.5%2,561 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.825.60
top 6.8%1,736 / 28,708
3×310.5812.39
top 9.2%5,033 / 59,724
4×438.9744.57
top 10.9%1,619 / 19,072
Megaminx1:03.731:13.91
top 11.9%810 / 7,841
5×51:11.751:22.83
top 12.9%992 / 9,401
Clock7.929.51
top 14.9%1,138 / 8,927
7×73:40.653:53.08
top 23.7%675 / 3,184
6×62:33.822:39.50
top 27.6%976 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed22.9334.44
top 28.6%3,686 / 15,683
Square-120.5128.27
top 29.1%1,898 / 6,743
Skewb7.119.55
top 34.5%5,829 / 18,907

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 Cubing Club Delta 2017: 20.99Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 17.53Flag City Spring 2018: 17.66CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 16.99CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 19.80Flag City Fall 2018: 19.61Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 13.24CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 14.00Indiana 2019: 12.52Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 12.98Buccaneer Bonanza 2022: 11.74Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 12.66CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 12.97Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 13.43Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 10.97CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.77CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 10.58Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 13.09Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 11.66Washtenaw Summer 2024: 11.45Don't Pop Preble 2024: 11.2210.5820.9914 Oct 201714 Dec 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.