People · Australia
Zane Longney
Pyraminx · top 7.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LONG23
Zane Longney has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.91, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 327th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since November 2022, he has put 589 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.31 in November 2022 to 13.59, a 59% improvement. Zane has entered 24 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.91 | 6.04 | top 7.2% | 327 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 6.03 | top 12.0% | 905 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 13.59 | 19.30 | top 19.5% | 1,750 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 5.45 | 12.14 | top 21.6% | 563 / 3,534 | |
| Clock | 14.86 | 22.42 | top 47.4% | 486 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.86 | 39.60 | top 48.6% | 1,127 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.90 | 2:42.26 | top 51.7% | 630 / 1,277 |
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 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026.
- 24 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 19 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.69 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024.
- 20 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 28.82 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2022. A 33.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026 · 24 May 2026
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NZ South Island Championship 2026 · 10 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Singapore Mofunland Cruise 2025 · 26 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Unley Spring 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Suffolk Summer 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kensington Summer Saturday 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 77 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zayd Chaudhry — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Joshi — met in 70 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.