People · Australia
Zachary Tang
3×3 blindfolded · top 3.3% of 12,178 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021TANG07
Zachary Tang has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 26.37, set at Please Be Quiet at UTS 2023, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Australia. Until October 2012, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2021, he has put 221 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.55 in March 2021 to 10.86, a 20% improvement. Zachary has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 26.37 | 33.32 | top 3.3% | 17 / 394 | |
| 3×3 | 10.86 | 13.05 | top 10.1% | 891 / 11,709 | |
| Clock | 7.27 | 7.84 | top 12.0% | 145 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 11 of 13 cubes · 45:37 | — | early days — 3 solves | 41 / 180 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 4.92 | top 20.5% | 1,555 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 5.36 | 8.19 | top 20.9% | 545 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.45 | 31.45 | top 45.4% | 1,065 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.17 | 1:22.18 | top 48.0% | 1,289 / 3,051 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 8:39.65 | — | top 48.8% | 49 / 96 | |
| Megaminx | 3:40.19 | 4:27.51 | top 86.0% | 1,174 / 1,277 |
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
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at NSW Open 2022.
- 27 Mar 2021First competition: Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021. A 17.39 3×3 single to start from.
- 27 Mar 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021.
Competitions
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025
- Odd Sides in Sydney 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Take Your Time Sydney 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Puzzling Parramatta 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Please Be Quiet at UTS 2023 · 30 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023
- Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Big Cubes Day 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- Even Better Sydney Gathering 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Silent Sydney 2022 · 27 Mar 2022
- Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021 · 22 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Daniel Wang — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Peri Le Dain — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Caleb Clark — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.