People · Germany
Elia Schmidt
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019SCHM14
Elia Schmidt has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.59, set at German Open 2025, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 477th in Germany. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2019, he has put 118 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.63 in November 2019 to 10.59, a 46% improvement. Elia 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 | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.59 | 12.12 | top 9.2% | 477 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 45.63 | 53.35 | top 19.1% | 350 / 1,934 | |
| 2×2 | 4.28 | 6.45 | top 30.1% | 987 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.89 | 13.92 | top 59.7% | 1,299 / 1,987 |
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 2025Five personal bests in one day at German Newcomer Day 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.79 at Bremium Cubing 2024.
- 30 Nov 2019First competition: Bremium Winter 2019. A 19.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Geselliges Gewürfel Göttingen 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- German Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bremium Winter 2019 · 30 Nov 2019
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.
- Jule Stadelmeier — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Frederik Ambrosi — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Henri Gerber — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.