People · Germany
Nils Schweizer
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 9.9% of 12,294 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017SCHW03
Nils Schweizer has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 28 moves, set at Rhein-Neckar Mental Breakdown 2023, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in Germany. Across 10 competitions since September 2017, he has put 506 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.50 in September 2017 to 12.60, a 54% improvement. Nils has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | 39.67 | top 9.9% | 57 / 338 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 4.85 | top 10.4% | 386 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.77 | 8.15 | top 11.8% | 297 / 1,987 | |
| 4×4 | 42.30 | 51.94 | top 14.9% | 269 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 | 12.60 | 14.02 | top 16.0% | 793 / 4,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.99 | 27.60 | top 20.4% | 277 / 1,314 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.93 | 1:31.98 | top 21.1% | 150 / 787 | |
| Skewb | 5.86 | 7.69 | top 24.7% | 339 / 1,169 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.92 | 1:34.59 | top 24.9% | 259 / 1,158 | |
| Clock | 11.84 | 14.01 | top 34.2% | 227 / 634 | |
| 6×6 | 2:48.06 | 2:58.60 | top 35.1% | 166 / 586 | |
| 7×7 | 4:19.17 | 4:45.33 | top 37.4% | 145 / 510 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 6 cubes · 42:11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 68 / 142 | |
| Square-1 | 29.70 | 33.65 | top 48.8% | 253 / 533 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:57.74 | — | top 51.7% | 153 / 343 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rhein-Sieg Open 2025.
- 18 Nov 2023Nine personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023.
- 14 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Cologne Open 2018.
- 12 May 2018First sub-20 3×3: 14.22 at Hessen Open 2018.
- 12 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at Hessen Open 2018.
Competitions
- South Germany 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhein-Sieg Open 2025 · 11 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Mental Breakdown 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cologne Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018 · 5 Jan 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Marathon Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Laura Holzhauer — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead once
- Wilhelm Kilders — met in 96 rounds, never finished ahead
- Noah Kraft — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.