Sora
[11] Champion
Watch for Soraky. He may not think it to the same degree, but his Zero is phenomenal. If he gets his other 2 characters down and a few match ups, he'll be a real threat at EVO. I'mma go out on a limb and say Soraky is better than Marn's Zero in a 1 on 1 based on what I've seen in person. There might be live streams of him at our local tournaments. His big thing is to create a pressure series involving multiple cross ups in the corner, then after his combo he snaps you out and forces the new character to endure the same pressure, rinse and repeat. It's stupid hard to block all that.
But I agree. I've seen a lot of Zero's and not a lot of results. As good as he is, I feel people try to use him as a tier crutch like Wolverine for vanilla, but you can't. Zero has some derpy stuff, but it takes skill to put it all together once your opponent stops getting destroyed by j.C.
Aww, lol, I feel warm and fuzzy inside now haha.
In all seriousness though, I'll prove your point and say that I do indeed suck. My Zero is about 70% in mixup and combo potential right now, particularly because I am not using his L mixups (L Hienkyaku to be more precise). Also, I'm not very good against (really good) keepaway yet, as evidenced with Ruin zoning my Zero out with Wesker + Magneto disruptor. In other words, right now, Sam will destroy me. :)
Working though -- I will get top 8 at Evo or die trying.

PS. Tell Earl good job on nabbing 3rd recently. We gonna take over that place soon enough.