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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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.79 | 10.24 | top 2.4% | 1,419 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.11 | 6.14 | top 27.9% | 11,015 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.90 | 1:18.94 | top 47.7% | 7,958 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.92 | 2:17.82 | top 48.0% | 3,562 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 29.43 | 36.79 | top 48.3% | 3,149 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 20.44 | 22.79 | top 66.0% | 5,655 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 12.46 | 17.73 | 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 9.36 at UCSD Summer 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at UCSD Summer 2023.
- 23 Feb 2019First competition: Santa Barbara Winter 2019. A 17.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Davis Spring Sunset 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026
- Davis Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025
- UCSD May A 2025 · 11 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Weeknights I 2024 · 18 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019
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.
- Timothy Zhang (张学义) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Michael Young — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Joel Kim — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
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.