People · United Kingdom
Zachary Gold Hanif
2×2 · top 3.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023HANI01
Zachary Gold Hanif has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Bolton Spring 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 257th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2023, he has put 269 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.01 in March 2023 to 1.78, a 70% improvement. Zachary has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 3.67 | top 3.5% | 257 / 4,946 | |
| Clock | 4.81 | 9.75 | top 3.9% | 62 / 1,255 | |
| 3×3 | 8.61 | 12.24 | top 4.0% | 326 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.90 | 6.93 | top 12.6% | 494 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 42.24 | 49.21 | top 14.8% | 348 / 2,112 | |
| Skewb | 5.99 | 7.66 | top 25.7% | 600 / 2,439 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.97 | 1:47.94 | top 30.7% | 403 / 1,167 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.20 | 1:55.02 | top 34.3% | 394 / 998 | |
| Square-1 | 27.10 | 32.91 | top 43.8% | 391 / 789 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.21 | 36.17 | top 49.5% | 877 / 1,861 |
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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.61 at Bolton Spring 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Six personal bests in one day at Bolton Spring 2025.
- 29 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Bolton Summer 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.40 at Bolton Spring 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Bolton Spring 2024.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.96 at Bolton Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Bolton Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bolton Spring 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Bolton Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Bolton Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Burns — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fred Lang — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.