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Zak Kenny

3×3 · top 0.28% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016KENN01

Zak Kenny has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.59, set at Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Australia. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 92 competitions since January 2016, he has put 3,927 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.40 in January 2016 to 5.59, a 61% improvement. Zak has entered 92 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.28% of 284,439 all-time
5.59
signature single · Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026
3,927
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×35.598.33
top 0.28%37 / 11,709
4×423.3228.67
top 0.38%7 / 3,051
2×21.212.95
top 1.1%108 / 8,567
5×551.331:00.80
top 2.2%31 / 1,356
Megaminx45.5052.80
top 3.3%48 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed12.9815.82
top 4.4%96 / 2,659
Pyraminx4.296.00
top 9.1%419 / 5,993
3×3 blindfolded48.411:34.72
top 9.4%46 / 394
6×62:02.102:14.48
top 11.8%69 / 641
Skewb4.747.84
top 16.2%422 / 3,534
7×73:20.393:26.14
top 16.4%75 / 523
Clock8.689.85
top 18.4%206 / 1,095
Square-120.3032.65
top 28.6%281 / 899
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 8 cubes · 48:21—
early days — 2 solves60 / 180
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves44.33
early days — 3 solves216 / 468
4×4 blindfolded9:17.95—
top 53.3%53 / 96

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

Perth Summer 2016: 14.40Perth Cube-Con 2016: 12.28Perth Winter 2016: 11.08Perth Summer 2017: 9.46Perth Winter 2017: 8.68Perth Autumn 2018: 7.96Perth Puzzle Party 2019: 8.54Koalafication Perth 2019: 8.39WCA World Championship 2019: 8.47Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 9.12Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 7.98Perth Late Night 2020: 9.23Speedy South Perth 2020: 7.93Cubing with the Cows 2020: 7.98South Perth Summer 2020: 7.84York Cube Day 2021: 8.39Showground Showdown 2021: 7.95Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 7.85WA State Championship 2021: 7.86Rockingham Rapid 2021: 9.11Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 8.52Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 8.34Perth Underground Open 2022: 7.74WA Open 2022: 8.74Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 8.72Australian Nationals 2022: 8.16Butler Blitz 2022: 7.70Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 7.86Perth Summer 2023: 7.23Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 7.32Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 9.15Perth Time Trial 2023: 8.39Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2023: 8.83Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 7.63WA Open 2023: 8.22Australian Nationals 2023: 7.44Butler Blitz 2023: 8.03Speedy South Perth 2023: 8.01Sydney Summer 2023: 8.55Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 8.42Melbourne Summer 2024: 8.20Albany Summer Solving 2024: 8.09Murdoch University Open 2024: 7.84South Perth Cube Day 2024: 8.86Freo Cube-Off 2024: 7.09Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 7.51Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024: 8.22Perth Autumn 2024: 7.53Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 7.22Pinjarra Pride and Puzzles 2024: 8.39Mundaring Mixup 2024: 7.68Australian Nationals 2024: 7.79Perth Winter 2024: 7.30Perth Time Trial 2024: 7.43Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 9.50Freo Cube-Off 2025: 9.24Keep Up Karrinyup 2025: 7.45Perth Autumn 2025: 8.20Perth Winter 2025: 8.37Mandurah Madness 2025: 7.71WA State Championship 2025: 7.35Australian Nationals 2025: 8.50Move It Midland 2025: 7.76Northern Territory Championship 2025: 8.29Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2025: 6.56Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025: 7.91Try Cubing in St Helens 2026: 6.62Tassie Summer 2026: 7.58Perth Summer 2026: 7.28Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026: 5.59Freo Cube-Off 2026: 7.46Perth Favourites Evening 2026: 8.55Perth Time Trial 2026: 6.98Australian Nationals 2026: 7.55Perth Winter 2026: 7.82Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 7.875.5914.4031 Jan 201615 Aug 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.