People · United States
Boaz Schwartz
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,714th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2023, he has put 133 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 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 six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.28 | top 3.0% | 1,714 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.36 | 22.24 | top 16.0% | 2,065 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 4.06 | top 20.0% | 7,841 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.74 | 9.33 | top 34.0% | 9,613 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.96 | 2:14.66 | top 37.5% | 2,996 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 8.68 | 10.73 | top 46.3% | 8,175 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 12,939 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 1:00.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,612 / 6,743 |
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
- 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.
- Chris Chi — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Liu — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Rogers — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.