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Zachary Pascalar

2×2 · top 7.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014PASC03

Zachary Pascalar has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,875th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since May 2014, he has put 781 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.11 in May 2014 to 13.41, a 36% improvement. Zachary has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.32
signature single · KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025
781
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.324.18
top 7.2%2,875 / 40,951
3×313.4116.99
top 18.9%10,156 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.7012.51
top 25.4%6,967 / 28,708
Skewb7.0216.88
top 33.8%5,686 / 18,907
Megaminx1:50.592:08.33
top 40.7%2,957 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves46.33
top 40.9%879 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed31.9942.00
top 51.1%7,060 / 15,683
Clock17.5121.70
top 57.2%4,761 / 8,927
4×41:26.391:36.16
top 60.9%10,609 / 19,072
5×52:56.133:32.59
top 76.8%6,890 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded4:56.45—
top 79.0%1,628 / 2,092
Square-158.181:04.21
top 82.5%5,514 / 6,743
6×65:49.14—
top 89.2%3,689 / 4,196

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

Minnesota Cube Melt 2014: 21.11Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 23.80US Nationals 2014: 22.77Lawrence Open 2014: 19.03Oklahoma Open 2014: 17.51Lawrence Spring 2015: 16.72Field of Cubes 2015: 15.42US Nationals 2015: 15.24Kansas City Cubing 2015: 16.64Saint Mary Scramble 2016: 13.41KCubing Summer 2016: 15.70Lawrence Fall 2016: 15.18Heartland Championships 2017: 14.13KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024: 18.79KS Air Capital Cubing 2024: 17.22KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024: 15.49Wichita Art Museum 2025: 13.97Missouri Championship 2025: 14.12Lawrence Summer 2025: 15.66Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025: 15.03KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025: 15.12COMO Cube-Off 2026: 16.657x7 Off I-70 MO 2026: 17.7213.4123.8010 May 20142 May 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.