People · United States
Zayd Akber
3×3 · top 7.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024AKBE02
Zayd Akber has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,275th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2024, he has put 408 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.54 in October 2024 to 10.06, a 51% improvement. Zayd has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 12.75 | top 7.7% | 4,275 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 4.28 | top 9.0% | 3,564 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.54 | 8.89 | top 10.5% | 2,784 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 4.86 | 7.51 | top 17.1% | 2,746 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 48.32 | 1:08.25 | top 22.6% | 3,465 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.14 | 28.34 | top 26.5% | 3,468 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 10.74 | 14.25 | top 28.7% | 2,273 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.15 | 1:56.74 | top 35.4% | 2,581 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 34.89 | 41.82 | top 58.2% | 3,898 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 2:29.84 | 2:43.65 | top 65.8% | 5,809 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 6:50.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,019 / 4,262 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025.
- 3 May 2025Six personal bests in one day at Skewbing in School Kennesaw 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.02 at Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.85 at Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: Washtenaw Fall 2024. A 23.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026 · 4 Oct 2026
- GA Cubers Banana Scramble 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Roswell Rumble Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cubers Warm Up 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Marietta Monday Mini II 2026 · 16 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Marietta the Gathering 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- GA Cubers Banana Mystery 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in School Westminster 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Skewbing in School Kennesaw 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Fall 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Mullen — met in 77 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raymond Goslow — met in 70 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.