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Elias Giger

2×2 · top 2.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024GIGE01

Elias Giger has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.58, set at Swisscubing Cup V 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Switzerland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2024, he has put 868 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.75 in November 2024 to 8.77, a 36% improvement. Elias has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.5% of 189,179 all-time
1.58
signature single · Swisscubing Cup V 2025
868
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×21.583.72
top 2.5%41 / 923
3×38.7711.70
top 4.4%53 / 1,218
Pyraminx3.846.51
top 6.9%62 / 665
4×436.9143.76
top 8.7%38 / 474
Skewb4.457.53
top 14.2%75 / 395
3×3 one-handed20.2733.32
top 21.3%77 / 373
Megaminx1:21.901:35.41
top 23.1%50 / 211
5×51:27.281:37.51
top 25.2%60 / 273
6×62:38.632:54.69
top 30.1%40 / 146
Clock11.1912.74
top 30.9%87 / 233
3×3 blindfolded1:57.28—
top 32.6%36 / 93
7×74:16.524:43.31
top 36.7%45 / 123
Square-127.1139.03
top 43.8%73 / 162
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves—
early days — 1 solve84 / 101
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 20:22—
early days — 1 solve37 / 43

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

Swiss Science Open 2024: 13.75Wiler Würfelfäst 2025: 13.60Swisscubing Cup IV 2025: 14.08Swisscubing Cup V 2025: 11.87Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 12.94Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 12.76Cubing in the Rain 2026: 11.05Bern Cubing Festival 2026: 12.29Swisscubing Cup II 2026: 10.92Wiler Würfelfäst 2026: 13.15Früehligswürfelä z'Rootchrüüz 2026: 11.96Swisscubing Cup III 2026: 11.09NxN in Jura 2026: 10.90Soorsi 2026: 11.86Swisscubing Cup IV 2026: 8.778.7714.089 Nov 202412 Sep 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.