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Elias Giger

2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 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 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Switzerland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2024, he has put 734 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.75 in November 2024 to 10.90, a 21% improvement. Elias has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.58
signature single · Swisscubing Cup V 2025
734
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×21.583.72
top 2.5%37 / 913
Pyraminx3.846.51
top 6.9%61 / 655
4×436.9144.09
top 8.6%37 / 462
3×310.9011.70
top 10.2%124 / 1,197
Skewb4.748.01
top 16.2%80 / 388
3×3 one-handed20.2733.32
top 21.2%74 / 367
Megaminx1:21.901:37.08
top 23.1%49 / 207
5×51:27.281:37.51
top 25.1%58 / 266
6×62:38.632:54.69
top 30.0%38 / 141
3×3 blindfolded1:57.28—
top 32.6%35 / 87
Clock11.9314.23
top 34.6%90 / 226
7×74:30.204:50.51
top 41.1%44 / 118
Square-129.2443.54
top 48.0%80 / 159
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves—
early days — 1 solve80 / 97
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 20:22—
early days — 1 solve35 / 41

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: 10.9010.9014.089 Nov 20244 Jul 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.