People · United Kingdom
Zachary Pruden
2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023PRUD01
Zachary Pruden has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 329th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 235 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.49 in April 2023 to 11.65, a 70% improvement. Zachary has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.97 | 3.34 | top 4.5% | 329 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.92 | 22.73 | top 10.0% | 204 / 1,851 | |
| 3×3 | 11.65 | 12.73 | top 12.7% | 898 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 4.42 | 8.14 | top 13.9% | 322 / 2,421 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.15 | 8.99 | top 29.1% | 1,162 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 58.92 | 1:06.83 | top 35.3% | 783 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 645 / 1,151 | |
| Clock | 18.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 779 / 1,232 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 22 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Stevenage April 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage April 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chichester January 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.75 at Ipswich Autumn 2024.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Chichester January 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ipswich Autumn 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Essex Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
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.
- Jacob Sherwen Brown — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Albie Cooper — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.