Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Zachary Kauffman

People · United States

Zachary Kauffman

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021KAUF01

Zachary Kauffman has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.63, set at Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,559th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since December 2021, he has put 587 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.74 in December 2021 to 9.63, a 59% improvement. Zachary has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.63
signature single · Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024
587
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.6311.47
top 6.4%3,559 / 59,724
2×22.623.96
top 10.1%3,980 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.706.82
top 11.4%2,969 / 28,708
Clock9.1311.58
top 20.7%1,590 / 8,927
4×451.851:00.46
top 27.0%4,154 / 19,072
Square-121.7831.61
top 32.0%2,069 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed29.5036.13
top 45.5%6,167 / 15,683
Skewb9.1418.01
top 49.4%8,831 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded3:20.33—
top 58.2%1,240 / 2,092
5×52:16.532:36.15
top 59.1%5,055 / 9,401
Megaminx2:34.45—
top 63.3%4,820 / 7,841

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

Rocky Top 2021: 23.74Bulldog Winter 2.0 2022: 18.14Bluegrass Spring 2022: 14.85Flag City Summer 2023: 13.56Fort Wayne Favorites 2023: 13.69Ohio State Fall 2023: 11.95CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 10.71Swoop in Again Oxford 2023: 9.92Ohio State Winter 2023: 10.81BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 9.82Eastwood Cubing 2024: 10.92Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 11.64Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024: 9.63Dublin Ohio Summer PM 2024: 11.69Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024: 11.29CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 10.83Ohio State Fall 2024: 10.80Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024: 10.99NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 13.76Carmen Cube Clash Ohio State 2025: 10.84Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 12.119.6323.744 Dec 202131 Jan 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 1.63 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.