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

People · United States

Amanda Schmid

3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017SCHM12

Amanda Schmid has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.84, set at Cincinnati Open 2025, puts her in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,854th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since December 2017, she has put 630 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 20.85 in December 2017 to 9.84, a 53% improvement. Amanda has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.84
signature single · Cincinnati Open 2025
630
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.8414.97
top 7.0%3,854 / 59,724
2×23.005.03
top 14.2%5,587 / 40,951
Clock8.509.20
top 17.5%1,335 / 8,927
Pyraminx6.7412.37
top 25.7%7,058 / 28,708
4×452.3456.47
top 27.6%4,265 / 19,072
Skewb6.6111.99
top 30.5%5,042 / 18,907
5×51:35.731:48.22
top 32.1%2,541 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed24.3630.14
top 32.5%4,244 / 15,683
Megaminx1:48.982:06.46
top 39.8%2,873 / 7,841
6×63:38.523:52.01
top 58.1%2,216 / 4,196
7×75:42.725:55.94
top 63.3%1,899 / 3,184
Square-139.3758.89
top 64.6%4,243 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves50.67
top 74.2%1,529 / 2,040

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

Wildcat Holiday 2017: 20.85Cubing For LLS Fall 2018: 18.01Megamania in Louisville 2024: 14.26Return of the Ville KY 2025: 13.85Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 14.67Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025: 13.92Northern Kentucky 2025: 13.57Grove City Weeknight Trios 2025: 15.20Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 14.03Cincinnati Open 2025: 9.84Oldham County Fall 2025: 12.68Ohio Championship 2025: 13.86Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 12.33CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 13.19Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 15.379.8420.859 Dec 20172 Jul 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as she improves.