People · United States
Zion Panz
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018PANZ03
Zion Panz has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.28, set at Wolfpack Winter 2019, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,868th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2018, he has put 166 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.10 in April 2018 to 8.28, an 18% improvement. Zion has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.28 | 9.82 | top 3.3% | 1,868 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 37.02 | 42.23 | top 8.7% | 1,306 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.32 | 19.18 | top 15.9% | 2,051 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.02 | top 18.7% | 7,342 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.94 | 1:26.64 | top 20.6% | 1,610 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.76 | 1:25.90 | top 21.0% | 1,445 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.98 | 10.47 | top 36.0% | 10,179 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 23.70 | 35.14 | top 36.2% | 2,358 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:16.10 | — | top 38.6% | 815 / 2,092 |
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
- 16 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wolfpack Winter 2019.
- 30 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Crossroads Cubing 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Crossroads Cubing 2018.
- 29 Apr 2018First competition: Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018. A 10.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bull City Summer NC 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cape Fear Cubing 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Crossroads Cubing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 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.
- Zachary Ochs — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Andreas Lambropoulos — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Silas Starling — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.