People · United States
Zachary Steele
3×3 · top 6.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023STEE02
Zachary Steele has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,809th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2023, he has put 238 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.03 in April 2023 to 9.77, a 58% improvement. Zachary has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.77 | 12.30 | top 6.9% | 3,809 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.43 | 9.37 | top 14.0% | 2,203 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 4.45 | top 16.1% | 6,370 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.55 | 11.23 | top 24.3% | 6,704 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 24.11 | 32.37 | top 37.1% | 2,449 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.47 | 36.07 | top 38.1% | 5,134 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.51 | 1:29.26 | top 57.2% | 10,006 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 2:38.79 | — | top 65.6% | 5,131 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 3:11.16 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,573 / 9,537 |
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
- 2 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.33 at Oklahoma Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at Oklahoma Championship 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.54 at Oklahoma Fall 2023.
- 11 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Oklahoma Fall 2023.
Competitions
- Welcome Back Tulsa 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- OKC Holiday Cube-Off 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Twisters in Tulsa 2023 · 23 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.
- Kaden Christopher Dockins — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lydia Workman — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Jake Maddox — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.