People · United States
Zachary Laws
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024LAWS05
Zachary Laws has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.80, set at TJHSST Spring 2025, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,782nd in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2024, he has put 270 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.46 in June 2024 to 9.80, a 32% improvement. Zachary has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.80 | 12.99 | top 6.9% | 3,782 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.78 | top 12.8% | 5,017 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.78 | 11.53 | top 24.1% | 3,909 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.55 | 27.95 | top 30.2% | 3,920 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 57.76 | 1:09.12 | top 34.0% | 5,450 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.73 | 12.32 | top 58.6% | 17,178 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.48 | 3:08.09 | top 73.7% | 6,533 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 42.26 | — | top 94.3% | 8,464 / 8,927 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at TJHSST Spring 2025.
- 7 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bull City Summer NC 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024First competition: Concord Summer 2024. A 14.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Virginia Always Open Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bull City Summer NC 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
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.
- Rue Clippinger — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Kavin Rajendran — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raghav Reddy — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.