People · Australia
James Schwarz
Skewb · top 3.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022SCHW03
James Schwarz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.62, set at Altona Algorithms 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Australia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2022, he has put 363 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.11 in June 2022 to 2.03, a 51% improvement. James has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.62 | 6.18 | top 3.3% | 111 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.25 | 4.74 | top 4.5% | 201 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 3.72 | top 4.9% | 369 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 10.15 | 13.83 | top 7.9% | 719 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.40 | 1:21.86 | top 46.3% | 1,243 / 3,051 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022Five personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-30 3×3: 16.17 at Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.17 at Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022.
Competitions
- Kensington May Saturday 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Joshi — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.