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Emil Schwarz

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013SCHW03

Emil Schwarz has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.79, set at Frankfurt Cube Days 2015, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 231st in Germany. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2013, he has put 842 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.80 in April 2013 to 8.79, a 53% improvement. Emil has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.79
signature single · Frankfurt Cube Days 2015
842
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×38.7911.64
top 4.4%231 / 4,109
2×22.514.68
top 9.0%345 / 2,875
4×438.8246.12
top 10.7%199 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed20.5325.16
top 21.9%293 / 1,314
5×51:38.081:47.95
top 33.9%349 / 1,158
Pyraminx8.1210.05
top 37.2%844 / 1,987
Megaminx1:51.481:57.77
top 41.2%308 / 787
Skewb8.6514.44
top 46.1%615 / 1,169
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 3 solves230 / 338
6×64:25.394:27.11
top 73.3%380 / 586
7×77:08.187:49.44
top 81.6%368 / 510
3×3 blindfolded6:29.88
early days — 1 solve292 / 343

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

BW Open 2013: 18.80Schleswig-Holstein Open 2013: 14.13Frankfurt Cube Days 2014: 11.36Hessen Open 2014: 11.41Franconia Winter 2014: 10.84Schleswig Holstein Open 2014: 10.77Frankfurt Cube Days 2015: 8.79Hessen Open 2015: 10.82German Open 2015: 11.40Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 9.88Hessen Open 2016: 8.80PSKubing 2017: 9.56Frankfurt Cube Days 2018: 10.44Hessen Open 2018: 10.398.7918.806 Apr 201312 May 2018

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.