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Basil Schumacher

2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019SCHU06

Basil Schumacher has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.71, set at Basel Open 2020, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2019, he has put 327 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.35 in March 2019 to 9.17, a 59% improvement. Basil has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.71
signature single · Basel Open 2020
327
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×21.714.42
top 3.1%44 / 913
3×39.1711.44
top 5.3%66 / 1,197
Pyraminx4.045.37
top 7.9%72 / 655
Skewb3.735.53
top 9.1%43 / 388
4×441.5245.68
top 13.9%58 / 462
Clock10.1212.44
top 25.7%59 / 226
Megaminx1:39.541:52.46
top 34.3%74 / 207
3×3 one-handed30.4338.91
top 47.6%168 / 367
5×52:07.722:16.99
top 54.1%128 / 266
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves
early days — 1 solve86 / 97

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

Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 22.35Zurich Open 2019: 19.75Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 17.50LYN Cubing Days 2019: 14.24Swisscubing Cup Final 2019: 12.94Basel Open 2020: 13.29Offline Schwyz Sunday 2021: 11.21Ticino Open Saturday 2021: 11.00Little Village Open 2022: 9.17Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 11.149.1722.3530 Mar 20199 Apr 2022

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.