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Zachary Pearson

3×3 · top 44.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012PEAR01

Zachary Pearson has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.80, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 44.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,867th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2012, he has put 44 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.19 in December 2012 to 21.80, a 25% improvement. Zachary has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.9% of 284,439 all-time
21.80
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.8024.14
top 44.9%25,867 / 59,724
2×27.359.99
top 63.2%26,016 / 40,951
4×41:54.152:04.41
top 78.9%14,587 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed54.2959.53
top 80.2%11,874 / 15,683
5×54:03.16
early days — 2 solves8,738 / 9,401

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

Arizona Winter 2012: 29.19World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 21.80Southwest Showdown 2013: 23.4321.8029.1915 Dec 20129 Nov 2013

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.