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Mika Schwendener

2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015SCHW08

Mika Schwendener has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.74, set at Swisscubing Cup II 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Switzerland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since September 2015, he has put 1,001 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.34 in September 2015 to 8.89, a 73% improvement. Mika has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.74
signature single · Swisscubing Cup II 2025
1,001
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×21.743.50
top 3.3%48 / 913
3×38.8911.21
top 4.6%56 / 1,197
Skewb4.4610.32
top 14.2%72 / 388
Pyraminx5.438.70
top 16.0%130 / 655
4×444.1649.41
top 17.2%72 / 462
3×3 one-handed20.1728.09
top 20.9%72 / 367
Square-119.7322.83
top 27.4%50 / 159
5×51:34.111:47.15
top 30.8%72 / 266
6×63:33.934:06.84
top 56.3%72 / 141
Megaminx2:37.372:50.41
top 64.8%131 / 207
7×76:21.377:06.47
top 72.5%77 / 118
Clock28.1031.32
top 81.9%182 / 226
3×3 blindfolded7:53.33—
early days — 1 solve80 / 87

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

SwissScience Open 2015: 32.34Musée suisse du jeu 2015: 35.55Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015: 19.27Chottu Skips 2016: 22.26Kirkkonummi Open 2016: 17.82Wiler Würfelfest 2016: 14.68Zurich Open 2016: 13.28Swiss Nationals 2016: 14.86Munich Open 2016: 13.47Wiehnachtswürfelä z Bärn 2016: 10.29Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 11.19Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 11.64Zurich Open 2018: 10.96Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018: 10.12Swisscubing Cup III 2018: 10.93Swiss Nationals 2018: 9.36Swiss Science Open 2018: 9.25Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 9.33Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 10.93Zurich Open 2019: 9.96Swiss Nationals 2019: 10.49Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 11.71Swiss Science Open 2019: 9.18Swisscubing Cup II 2025: 8.898.8935.5526 Sep 201515 Feb 2025

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 0.74 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.