Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Zoë Helzer

People · United States

Zoë Helzer

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019HELZ01

Zoë Helzer has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.79, set at Davis Winter 2026, puts her in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,419th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2019, she has put 205 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.13 in February 2019 to 7.79, a 55% improvement. She has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.79
signature single · Davis Winter 2026
205
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.7910.24
top 2.4%1,419 / 59,724
2×24.116.14
top 27.9%11,015 / 40,951
4×41:10.901:18.94
top 47.7%7,958 / 19,072
Megaminx2:03.922:17.82
top 48.0%3,562 / 7,841
Square-129.4336.79
top 48.3%3,149 / 6,743
Clock20.4422.79
top 66.0%5,655 / 8,927
Skewb12.4617.73
top 68.3%12,811 / 18,907

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

Santa Barbara Winter 2019: 17.13Santa Barbara Fall 2019: 17.58UCSD Summer 2023: 9.36UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 10.71UCSD Winter 2023: 9.41Triton Tricubealon 2024: 10.33Super Duper San Diego 2024: 9.14UCSD Fall 2024: 9.58UCSD May A 2025: 8.82SacCubing XXI 2025: 10.05Davis Fall 2025: 10.12Davis Winter 2026: 7.79Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 8.57Davis Spring Sunset 2026: 9.727.7917.5823 Feb 20191 May 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as she improves.