Saturday 24 October 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 24 October 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Switzerland → Nils Bühler

People · Switzerland

Nils Bühler

Skewb · top 5.4% of 74,164 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BUHL02

Nils Bühler has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at Swiss Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Switzerland. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since November 2023, he has put 1,155 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.43 in November 2023 to 11.98, a 65% improvement. Nils has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 5.4% of 74,164 all-time
3.08
signature single · Swiss Nationals 2026
1,155
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
Skewb3.085.81
top 5.4%31 / 395
2×22.144.09
top 5.8%91 / 923
Pyraminx3.867.04
top 7.0%64 / 665
Clock6.697.91
top 9.8%24 / 233
3×311.9814.96
top 13.9%175 / 1,218
Megaminx1:24.041:36.58
top 24.4%55 / 211
4×455.131:02.58
top 31.0%137 / 474
5×51:37.211:44.89
top 33.3%87 / 273
3×3 one-handed24.7334.30
top 33.6%118 / 373
Square-122.7030.04
top 34.1%62 / 162
6×63:03.443:32.82
top 42.7%56 / 146
7×75:15.06—
top 55.6%63 / 123
3×3 blindfolded4:36.64—
early days — 2 solves66 / 93
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
top 79.3%81 / 101

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 Science Open 2023: 34.43Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 27.9210 Johr Wiler Würfelfäst 2024: 26.73Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024: 23.97Swisscubing Cup IV 2024: 21.85Swiss Nationals 2024: 19.75Swiss Science Open 2024: 16.95Swisscubing Cup Final 2024: 18.73Swisscubing Cup II 2025: 15.77Romandie Doigts Rapides 2025: 19.92Wiler Würfelfäst 2025: 16.45Swisscubing Cup III 2025: 14.42Swiss Nationals 2025: 17.33Swisscubing Cup IV 2025: 15.40Swisscubing Cup V 2025: 14.60Bündner Open 2025: 16.32Dreiländereck-Open 2025: 15.05Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 16.67Bern Cubing Festival 2026: 13.19Swisscubing Cup II 2026: 14.79Wiler Würfelfäst 2026: 14.74Swisscubing Cup III 2026: 12.13Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 12.11Bündner Open 2026: 12.29Swiss Nationals 2026: 11.9811.9834.4311 Nov 202316 Oct 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-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.