People · United States
Zack Whitehead
Pyraminx · top 22.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016WHIT03
Zack Whitehead has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.29, set at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018, puts him in the top 22.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,956th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2016, he has put 97 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.13 in January 2016 to 17.01, a 49% improvement. Zack has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.29 | 14.73 | top 22.1% | 5,956 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 17.01 | 20.64 | top 31.0% | 17,096 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.58 | 5.74 | top 34.0% | 13,523 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.68 | 40.98 | top 56.7% | 7,883 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 11.12 | 16.01 | top 61.5% | 11,340 / 18,907 |
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
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.72 at Puzzling in Providence 2023.
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-30 3×3: 22.07 at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 30 Jan 2016First competition: Sharon Winter 2016. A 33.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fall River Cubikon 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling in Providence 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Northeastern Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Sharon Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 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 Russo — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Cohen — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shuwei Carlson — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.