People · Hungary
Zalan Tarjan
2×2 · top 8.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023TARJ01
Zalan Tarjan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at NYU Spring 2026, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 113th in Hungary. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2023, he has put 213 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.96 in June 2023 to 10.39, a 31% improvement. Zalan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hungary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 4.77 | top 8.3% | 113 / 924 | |
| 3×3 | 10.39 | 13.13 | top 8.7% | 134 / 1,234 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.68 | 1:30.93 | top 22.3% | 45 / 191 | |
| 4×4 | 54.25 | 59.83 | top 29.9% | 153 / 511 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.16 | 11.05 | top 37.6% | 239 / 498 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.82 | 34.45 | top 41.5% | 203 / 446 | |
| Skewb | 8.52 | 12.11 | top 45.2% | 177 / 325 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.60 | — | top 50.3% | 140 / 316 | |
| Clock | 15.94 | 23.46 | top 51.7% | 84 / 185 |
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
- 5 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at NYU Spring 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades Open 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Brookhaven Summer 2025.
- 6 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Ridgefield Spring 2024.
- 17 Jun 2023First competition: CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023. A 14.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Brookhaven Summer 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ridgefield Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
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.
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ayden Dincher — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.