People · United States
Zachary Tu
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019TUZA01
Zachary Tu has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at A Bruin Cube Day 2022, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,061st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2019, he has put 235 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.07 in November 2019 to 8.42, a 30% 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 | 8.42 | 10.50 | top 3.6% | 2,061 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.35 | 4.66 | top 6.9% | 1,080 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 4.44 | top 12.1% | 4,837 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.05 | 20.31 | top 15.3% | 2,001 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 43.35 | 51.40 | top 16.3% | 2,500 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.86 | 1:32.32 | top 19.9% | 1,581 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | top 23.5% | 512 / 2,059 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.53 | 12.28 | top 24.1% | 6,657 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,537 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:45.63 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,368 / 2,128 |
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 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024.
- 7 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at WCC Western Championship 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022.
- 8 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.42 at A Bruin Cube Day 2022.
- 9 Nov 2019First competition: Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019. A 12.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2022 · 8 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- OU Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
- Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Titus Sutterfield — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.