People · United States
Zack Brandon
3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016BRAN02
Zack Brandon has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.91, set at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,963rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2016, he has put 584 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.87 in June 2016 to 9.91, a 63% improvement. Zack has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.91 | 12.11 | top 7.2% | 3,963 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.63 | 7.73 | top 11.0% | 2,854 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.31 | 6.38 | top 13.1% | 2,031 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 3.84 | top 13.4% | 5,283 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 44.78 | 50.92 | top 18.0% | 2,751 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.16 | 26.46 | top 29.2% | 3,776 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 11.88 | 13.12 | top 34.3% | 2,716 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.11 | 2:01.49 | top 39.3% | 2,836 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.05 | 1:58.62 | top 44.7% | 3,677 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 42.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,507 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 5:23.42 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,498 / 4,196 |
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
- 16 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
- 31 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2018.
- 16 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Glass City Open 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Severna Park Summer 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at ODU Big Blue Spring 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2017.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rally In The Valley 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- RVA Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018
- Glass City Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Rally In The Valley 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Severna Park Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Meadowlands 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- EZ Cubes Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Winter 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
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.
- Will Callan — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead once
- Corey Sakowski — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.