People · United States
Lincoln Schad
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SCHA07
Lincoln Schad has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Northern Tier Twist 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 752nd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2024, he has put 344 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.24 in March 2024 to 1.44, an 80% improvement. Lincoln has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.44 | 2.98 | top 1.9% | 752 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.63 | 10.14 | top 15.4% | 2,420 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 12.91 | 15.30 | top 17.1% | 9,152 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.32 | 8.50 | top 30.5% | 8,498 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 13.05 | 19.21 | top 39.8% | 3,169 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.34 | 36.35 | top 51.9% | 7,167 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.18 | 1:37.27 | top 56.9% | 9,798 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:51.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,703 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Northern Tier Twist 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.33 at Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.60 at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- Northern Tier Twist 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Doing Time in Moundsville 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Valley Fall PA 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 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.
- Mark Gowman — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Gabriel Gowman — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Colton Gehrling — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.