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Zack Aden

2×2 · top 0.45% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023ADEN01

Zack Aden has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.94, set at NZ Cubing in the Capital 2026, puts him in the top 0.45% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in New Zealand. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since February 2023, he has put 1,116 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.91 in February 2023 to 9.65, a 61% improvement. Zack has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.45% of 189,179 all-time
0.94
signature single · NZ Cubing in the Capital 2026
1,116
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×20.942.55
top 0.45%28 / 1,627
Pyraminx1.752.98
top 0.75%28 / 1,149
Skewb2.093.93
top 1.6%23 / 670
3×3 one-handed12.1116.60
top 3.2%38 / 607
Megaminx49.0655.65
top 4.7%24 / 284
Clock5.727.56
top 6.3%34 / 319
3×39.6510.92
top 6.6%146 / 2,145
4×437.3140.39
top 9.1%81 / 745
5×51:17.861:23.56
top 17.6%71 / 364
6×63:28.733:36.30
top 54.3%94 / 150
Square-137.6055.62
top 62.2%173 / 254
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves—
early days — 1 solve81 / 111

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

Wellington Summer 2023: 24.91Half Turns Hataitai 2023: 19.38New Zealand Nationals 2023: 18.19Welcome to Wellington 2024: 14.30Solve Well In Wellington 2024: 15.25Only Cubes in Wellington 2024: 14.62Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025: 11.79Johnsonville FTOpen 2025: 11.08Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025: 11.60Wellington Winter 2025: 12.40Solve Well in Wellington 2025: 10.68NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025: 10.89Wellington Spring 2025: 10.36Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026: 10.45NZ Cubing Heptathlon 2026: 9.76Wellington Autumn 2026: 10.69GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 10.09NZ Cubing in the Capital 2026: 10.58Solve Well in Wellington 2026: 9.659.6524.9118 Feb 202310 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.