People · United States
Boaz Schwartz
3×3 · top 3.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023SCHW18
Boaz Schwartz has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.13, set at Liberty Science Center Open B 2026, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,755th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2023, he has put 180 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.63 in December 2023 to 8.13, a 48% improvement. Boaz has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.13 | 9.97 | top 3.0% | 1,755 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 41.72 | 46.12 | top 14.2% | 2,144 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.36 | 22.24 | top 16.1% | 2,104 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 5.17 | 6.85 | top 19.5% | 3,146 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 4.06 | top 20.0% | 7,968 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.74 | 9.33 | top 34.1% | 9,766 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.96 | 2:14.66 | top 37.6% | 3,039 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 37.45 | 54.63 | top 62.0% | 4,154 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:55.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,650 / 2,128 | |
| Clock | 32.76 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,003 / 9,172 |
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
- 1 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.13 at Liberty Science Center Open B 2026.
- 23 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Catskills Spring 2025.
- 14 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.38 at Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024.
- 31 Dec 2023First competition: New York New Year 2024. A 15.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hazlet Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026 · 28 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Catskills Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Tri-State Corner Comms PA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New York New Year 2024 · 31 Dec 2023
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.
- Eli Rogers — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Chi — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Angelo Terpening — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.