People · New Zealand
Zoen Gibbons
2×2 · top 0.55% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024GIBB08
Zoen Gibbons has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.00, set at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in New Zealand. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2024, he has put 255 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.84 in October 2024 to 11.59, a 60% improvement. Zoen has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.00 | 3.74 | top 0.55% | 32 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 2.62 | 4.68 | top 3.3% | 36 / 666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.60 | 6.66 | top 5.9% | 98 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 | 11.59 | 15.42 | top 12.5% | 257 / 2,095 | |
| Clock | 9.39 | 11.91 | top 21.9% | 86 / 303 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.81 | 1:20.66 | top 44.7% | 298 / 722 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026.
- 5 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.90 at Coping in Auckland 2025.
- 17 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.78 at A New Year in Auckland 2025.
- 17 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024First competition: Springing into Auckland 2024. A 28.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Auckland 2026 · 16 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Autumn 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Springing into Auckland 2024 · 12 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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kaden Ho — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Thomas Swarbrick — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.