Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Ishmael Schimian

People · United States

Ishmael Schimian

Skewb · top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023SCHI18

Ishmael Schimian has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Wisconsin on Ice 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 243rd in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2023, he has put 551 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.70 in November 2023 to 8.37, a 39% improvement. Ishmael has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time
2.12
signature single · Wisconsin on Ice 2026
551
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.124.33
top 1.7%243 / 18,907
3×38.3710.28
top 3.5%1,969 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.075.32
top 3.9%1,032 / 28,708
Megaminx48.6455.29
top 4.5%319 / 7,841
2×22.213.33
top 6.3%2,504 / 40,951
Clock5.967.48
top 7.1%560 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed15.8621.44
top 9.9%1,311 / 15,683
4×441.8046.74
top 14.3%2,124 / 19,072
6×62:28.842:53.08
top 25.0%897 / 4,196
5×51:28.561:33.08
top 26.1%2,043 / 9,401
Square-122.7332.84
top 34.1%2,217 / 6,743
7×74:37.295:12.34
early days — 3 solves1,256 / 3,184

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

Green Bay 2023: 13.70Kenosha First B 2024: 15.38Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025: 12.99Midwest Cubing Classic 2025: 11.79Michigan Championship 2025: 10.08Wisconsin Championship 2025: 9.74Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025: 10.78Wisconsin on Ice 2026: 8.94Machesney Park Spring 2026: 9.79Racine Rendezvous 2026: 8.37Midwest Cubing Classic 2026: 10.30CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 8.77Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.068.3715.3812 Nov 20232 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.