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Zachary Johnson

3×3 · top 0.89% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018JOHN49

Zachary Johnson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.54, set at Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026, puts him in the top 0.89% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 561st in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since December 2018, he has put 2,991 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.62 in December 2018 to 6.54, a 61% improvement. Zachary has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.89% of 284,439 all-time
6.54
signature single · Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026
2,991
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.548.63
top 0.89%561 / 59,724
5×546.9255.37
top 1.0%89 / 9,401
4×426.8631.30
top 1.3%225 / 19,072
2×21.401.95
top 1.7%690 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed11.5814.27
top 2.5%397 / 15,683
Pyraminx2.734.26
top 2.8%747 / 28,708
Skewb2.594.92
top 3.2%497 / 18,907
6×61:36.781:47.22
top 3.3%120 / 4,196
7×72:42.812:50.00
top 6.2%165 / 3,184
Megaminx56.931:06.76
top 8.4%578 / 7,841
Square-112.7519.30
top 11.4%791 / 6,743
Clock8.469.90
top 17.4%1,325 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves35.67
top 20.4%446 / 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

Arkansas Cubing Drive 2018: 16.62CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 13.14BarbeCubing Spring 2019: 12.19Mississippi Capstone 2019: 11.27Oklahoma 2020: 11.50Springfield Winter Open 2023: 10.03Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023: 9.29CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 9.64Michigan 2023: 9.37Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023: 8.67Springfield Summer Open 2023: 9.59CoMO Cubing Winter 2024: 8.09Concordia Turning Spring 2024: 9.46Missouri Summer Kickoff 2024: 9.05CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 8.72Oklahoma Afternoon Twist 2024: 9.42KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024: 8.09Land of Lincoln 2024: 8.65Missouri Championship 2024: 8.90KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024: 8.77Wichita Speedcubing Fall 2024: 9.23Arkansolve Fall 2024: 9.34Concordia Turning Fall 2024: 7.51Nebraska Championship 2025: 8.15Kansas Championship 2025: 7.40Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.44Missouri Championship 2025: 8.09Lawrence Summer 2025: 8.81Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025: 8.26KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025: 8.32NxNebraska 2025: 8.12Arkansolve Fall 2025: 8.12Concordia Turning Winter 2026: 7.91Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026: 6.54Arkansas Championship 2026: 7.66UIUC Spring 2026: 6.69Nebraska Championship 2026: 8.87COMO Cube-Off 2026: 8.39Oklahoma Championship 2026: 7.84CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 7.61Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2026: 7.88Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.33South Omaha Scramble 2026: 7.85Missouri Championship 2026: 7.824x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 8.216.5416.621 Dec 201829 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 6.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.