People · United States
Zhea Salazar
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SALA09
Zhea Salazar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.77, set at San Antonio Fall 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,403rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2023, he has put 233 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.64 in April 2023 to 7.77, a 39% improvement. Zhea has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 7.77 | 9.59 | top 2.4% | 1,403 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.55 | top 5.4% | 2,170 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 12.20 | 17.38 | top 10.3% | 725 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:17.43 | — | top 18.6% | 361 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 47.30 | 55.86 | top 21.2% | 3,218 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.38 | 10.41 | top 22.9% | 6,176 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.45 | 30.65 | top 24.4% | 3,147 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.32 | 1:39.51 | top 30.1% | 2,376 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 12.61 | 15.22 | top 37.9% | 2,997 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.84 | 3:13.47 | top 38.4% | 1,395 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.81 | 2:11.30 | top 39.7% | 2,865 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 5:09.60 | 5:32.83 | top 53.7% | 1,575 / 3,184 | |
| Skewb | 10.10 | 23.18 | top 55.5% | 10,090 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 21:27.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 146 / 218 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 10 cubes · 42:22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 589 / 731 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025Ten personal bests in one day at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 22 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Texas Championship 2024.
- 22 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Houston Spring Side Events 2023. A 12.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026 · 2 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 10 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Houston Spring Side Events 2023 · 15 Apr 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.
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jose Ortiz Jr. — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Pilat — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.