People · United States
Zack Sussman
2×2 · top 6.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014SUSS02
Zack Sussman has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at New York Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,707th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2014, he has put 166 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.49 in September 2014 to 11.67, a 37% improvement. Zack has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 2.26 | 5.02 | top 6.7% | 2,707 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 11.67 | 13.93 | top 12.8% | 6,951 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 6.97 | 16.20 | top 33.5% | 5,697 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.98 | 32.00 | top 36.9% | 4,963 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.43 | 14.41 | top 40.0% | 11,619 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,811 / 19,354 |
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 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Liberty Science Center Open 2017.
- 25 Apr 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.75 at Doylestown Spring 2015.
- 25 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at Doylestown Spring 2015.
- 6 Sep 2014First competition: River Hill Summer 2014. A 18.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- Princeton Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
- Doylestown Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014
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.
- Jonah Sussman — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 9 times · head to head
- Daniel Goodman — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lauren Phung — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.