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Zachary Zhu
2×2 · top 24.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ZHUZ04
Zachary Zhu has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.86, set at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026, puts him in the top 24.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,681st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 33 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.54 in October 2025 to 3.86, a 41% improvement. Zachary has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 8.77 | top 24.7% | 9,681 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.55 | 18.96 | top 64.3% | 18,990 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 33.89 | 43.04 | top 68.9% | 41,567 / 59,724 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: UCSD Unofficial Events 2025. A 34.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XXII 2026 · 18 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
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.
- Lucas Sun — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Peter A. Handayana — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Thomas Liu (刘江宁) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.