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Zachary Shepherd
Pyraminx · top 6.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019SHEP02
Zachary Shepherd has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.64, set at Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,548th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2019, he has put 203 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.41 in March 2019 to 3.64, a 57% 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.64 | 5.72 | top 6.0% | 1,548 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 5.09 | top 6.0% | 2,413 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 15.23 | 18.08 | top 25.2% | 13,720 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.94 | 10.70 | top 25.3% | 4,105 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 11.54 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,576 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.43 | — | top 40.0% | 2,896 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.44 | 1:10.01 | top 44.4% | 7,338 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.74 | 39.94 | top 46.1% | 6,258 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.84 | 2:34.72 | top 58.0% | 4,953 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 38.36 | 49.34 | top 63.3% | 4,172 / 6,743 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rapidly Grand 2023.
- 13 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Michigan 2023.
- 30 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.72 at Michigan Speedcubing Spring 2023.
- 30 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Michigan Speedcubing Spring 2023.
- 13 Jul 2019First sub-30 3×3: 20.29 at Battle for Toledo 2019.
Competitions
- Washtenaw Autumn 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rapidly Grand 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Michigan Speedcubing Spring 2023 · 30 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Blue Water Winter 2019 · 9 Mar 2019
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.
- Steven Wintringham — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hunter Mackler — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Harsha Paladugu — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.