People · United States
Zachary Pollock
Square-1 · top 2.5% of 25,662 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022POLL02
Zachary Pollock has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.63, set at Michigan Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in the United States. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2022, he has put 381 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.71 in June 2022 to 8.25, a 65% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 7.63 | 10.19 | top 2.5% | 188 / 6,846 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.75 | 3.92 | top 2.9% | 779 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 8.25 | 11.21 | top 3.3% | 1,880 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 2.78 | top 5.5% | 2,215 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 6.01 | 6.67 | top 7.2% | 579 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 5.59 | top 12.0% | 1,886 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 45.47 | 55.06 | top 19.0% | 2,893 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.09 | 24.56 | top 23.5% | 3,054 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.21 | 1:39.99 | top 25.1% | 1,766 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.02 | 2:08.81 | top 41.3% | 3,391 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 5:15.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,473 / 4,262 |
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
- 29 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Championship 2024.
- 22 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Mini 18 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.25 at Washtenaw Newcomers 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Newcomers 2024.
- 13 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 10.43 at Washtenaw Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Grand Rapids Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 20 2024 · 1 Jul 2024
- Michigan Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 18 2024 · 22 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Newcomers 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Autumn 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Winter 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- No 3x3 in Auburn Hills 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
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.
- Thomas Grahor — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Hunter Mackler — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Ansel de Jong — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 210 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.