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Isaac Schaefer
Pyraminx · top 7.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024SCHA17
Isaac Schaefer has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.99, set at Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,943rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2024, he has put 281 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.29 in November 2024 to 13.55, a 42% improvement. Isaac has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.99 | 8.26 | top 7.6% | 1,943 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.55 | 17.74 | top 19.4% | 10,422 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 5.18 | top 21.9% | 8,593 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 10.17 | 14.03 | top 25.9% | 1,996 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.32 | 33.50 | top 45.1% | 6,101 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.93 | 1:14.01 | top 46.8% | 7,787 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 9.21 | 10.94 | top 49.8% | 8,912 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:35.16 | — | top 68.2% | 5,973 / 9,401 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at Oldham County Fall 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Oldham County Fall 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.88 at Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025.
Competitions
- Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Morrow Mixup Mania 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024 · 3 Nov 2024
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Braden Richards — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead once
- Emery McFeeter — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.