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Nicolas Schmied

Pyraminx · top 8.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017SCHM13

Nicolas Schmied has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.18, set at Ticino Open Saturday 2021, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Switzerland. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since December 2017, he has put 1,831 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.48 in December 2017 to 12.81, a 71% improvement. Nicolas has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 8.6% of 129,321 all-time
4.18
signature single · Ticino Open Saturday 2021
1,831
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
Pyraminx4.188.89
top 8.6%75 / 655
2×22.765.41
top 11.6%149 / 913
Skewb4.169.63
top 12.0%65 / 388
3×312.8117.15
top 16.8%202 / 1,197
Clock10.3713.21
top 26.9%66 / 226
4×41:01.391:09.76
top 38.0%165 / 462
5×51:45.601:59.27
top 39.6%95 / 266
3×3 one-handed28.0537.79
top 42.1%143 / 367
Megaminx1:53.612:11.89
top 42.4%91 / 207
6×63:27.483:38.84
top 53.8%67 / 141
7×75:14.895:33.64
top 55.5%59 / 118
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
top 55.5%64 / 97

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

Swiss Nationals 2017: 43.48Wiler Würfelfest 2018: 36.84Zurich Open 2018: 38.68Lausanne Euro Qualifier 2018: 41.50Zentralschweiz 2018: 28.97Swisscubing Cup II 2018: 29.29Swisscubing Cup III 2018: 24.71Swiss Nationals 2018: 23.17Argovia Open 2018: 20.08Swiss Science Open 2018: 22.02Les Automnales 2018: 19.60Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 21.54Swisscubing Cup I 2019: 18.98Zentralschweiz 2019: 22.87Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 19.14Swisscubing Cup II 2019: 21.50Zurich Open 2019: 22.13Swiss Nationals 2019: 19.33LYN Cubing Days 2019: 17.76Swiss Science Open 2019: 18.13Liechtenstein Open 2019: 18.45Swisscubing Cup V 2019: 17.85Swisscubing Cup Final 2019: 18.91Swisscubing Cup II 2020: 20.26Swisscubing Cup IV 2020: 15.60Offline Schwyz Saturday 2021: 14.42Ticino Open Saturday 2021: 13.10Little Village Open 2022: 16.50Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 14.36Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 16.41Swisscubing Cup III 2022: 18.67Swisscubing Cup IV 2022: 17.45Swisscubing Cup V 2022: 17.82Swiss Science Open 2022: 21.95Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 20.06Swisscubing Cup II 2023: 16.19Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023: 12.81OFFA Speedcubing Meisterschaft 2023: 17.40Swisscubing Cup III 2023: 18.86Swiss Nationals 2023: 15.32Swisscubing Cup IV 2023: 16.72Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 14.01Swisscubing Cup V 2023: 15.45Swiss Science Open 2023: 16.2010 Johr Wiler Würfelfäst 2024: 16.74Swisscubing Cup IV 2024: 17.69Swiss Nationals 2024: 13.99Lonay Cube 2024: 16.46Swiss Science Open 2024: 15.67Swiss Nationals 2025: 20.48Swiss Science Open 2025: 15.43Wiler Würfelfäst 2026: 22.14Muri Twist Till It Works 2026: 16.2112.8143.4816 Dec 201711 Apr 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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.