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Zayden Zmyslo

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015ZMYS01

Zayden Zmyslo has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.54, set at Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,150th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2015, he has put 406 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.79 in January 2015 to 8.54, an 82% improvement. Zayden has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.54
signature single · Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018
406
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5411.62
top 3.8%2,150 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.275.25
top 4.6%1,197 / 28,708
Skewb3.567.52
top 8.1%1,246 / 18,907
2×22.673.61
top 10.6%4,180 / 40,951
4×448.6059.00
top 22.9%3,478 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed22.7227.46
top 28.0%3,616 / 15,683
5×52:01.972:10.15
top 50.4%4,226 / 9,401
6×64:15.03
early days — 1 solve2,758 / 4,196

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

Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2015: 48.79Mishawaka Spring 2015: 25.76Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 18.58Summit City Open 2016: 17.61Indiana 2016: 17.06Michigan 2016: 17.75Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 14.08Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 12.97CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 14.07Petoskey Cubing 2017: 11.24Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 11.42Husky Showdown 2018: 11.42Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 10.16CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 10.34Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018: 8.54CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 11.418.5448.7931 Jan 201527 Apr 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.