People · United States
Zaylen McCrory
2×2 · top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024MCCR06
Zaylen McCrory has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,211th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2024, he has put 329 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.35 in October 2024 to 15.29, a 55% improvement. Zaylen 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 5.87 | top 8.1% | 3,211 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 15.29 | 17.96 | top 25.4% | 13,836 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 10.98 | 13.91 | top 30.0% | 2,344 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.49 | 9.70 | top 40.5% | 11,585 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.74 | 2:41.94 | top 50.0% | 3,718 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 9.84 | 14.30 | top 53.9% | 9,763 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.69 | — | top 86.0% | 12,972 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 3:11.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 18,694 / 19,072 |
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
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Woods OH 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.30 at Prebleminxing 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-30 3×3: 24.38 at Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First competition: WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024. A 34.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Oldham County Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Cubing in the Woods OH 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Hancock County Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- National Trail Open OH 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brown County Blitz 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Prebleminxing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Terredise 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Minxville Indiana 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fun in Muncie 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
- Roland Ababat — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thamaneeswar Sathesh Kumar — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.