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Francesco Schmitt

2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017SCHM09

Francesco Schmitt has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 154th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since September 2017, he has put 1,322 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.73 in September 2017 to 8.66, a 41% improvement. Francesco has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.76
signature single · Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024
1,322
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.763.18
top 3.4%154 / 2,875
Megaminx46.7055.07
top 3.7%21 / 787
3×38.6610.32
top 4.1%216 / 4,109
4×432.9739.78
top 4.9%105 / 1,934
Clock6.167.36
top 7.8%43 / 634
Skewb3.557.55
top 8.0%100 / 1,169
Pyraminx4.307.55
top 9.2%228 / 1,987
3×3 one-handed17.1520.12
top 13.0%170 / 1,314
5×51:19.301:25.44
top 18.5%195 / 1,158
Square-118.6226.16
top 24.8%117 / 533
6×62:30.382:41.51
top 25.8%119 / 586
7×73:52.544:03.87
top 28.0%106 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves49.00
top 40.9%147 / 338
3×3 blindfolded6:20.64—
top 88.6%289 / 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

Monnem City Cubing 2017: 14.73Hessen Open 2018: 13.08German Nationals 2018: 12.94Monnem City Cubing 2018: 11.59Luxembourg Open 2018: 10.50Monnem City Cubing 2019: 11.92Baden-Württemberg Open 2019: 9.47Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021: 9.20Luxembourg Open 2022: 9.87Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2022: 8.99Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 10.54Hessen Open 2023: 9.82Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023: 9.87Hayange Open 2024: 9.17Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 9.70Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024: 9.93Hayange Open 2025: 9.92Mainzelcubing 2025: 10.36Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 8.66Quick Q.bing Q.lisse 2026: 10.178.6614.7316 Sep 201714 Mar 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 0.76 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 6.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.