Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Patrick Fischer

People · United States

Patrick Fischer

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016FISC02

Patrick Fischer has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 492nd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,320 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.77 in January 2016 to 7.17, a 65% improvement. Patrick has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.24
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2019
1,320
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.242.47
top 1.2%492 / 40,951
Skewb1.934.01
top 1.2%185 / 18,907
3×37.179.58
top 1.5%930 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.055.93
top 3.8%1,013 / 28,708
Square-110.3314.50
top 6.7%491 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed15.8421.52
top 9.9%1,307 / 15,683
4×446.0455.07
top 19.6%2,979 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves43.33
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
5×51:32.661:37.74
top 29.5%2,329 / 9,401
Megaminx1:35.261:50.79
top 31.5%2,230 / 7,841
6×62:57.203:14.73
top 39.7%1,448 / 4,196
Clock33.06—
early days — 1 solve7,824 / 8,927

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

OKCubing 2016: 20.77Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016: 16.76Austin Summer Open 2016: 12.99Cajun Cube Clash 2016: 12.48Houston Cube Blast 2016: 12.49US Nationals 2016: 14.13Oklahoma Fall 2016: 11.23Dallas Fall 2016: 11.97Dallas Winter Variation 2017: 11.92College Station Qualifier 2017: 9.41Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 11.50Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017: 10.88Southern Championships 2017: 11.19Wake Up Late 2017: 10.61Yeehaw 2017: 9.09Howdy Partner 2018: 11.56Spring Forward 2018: 9.81Longhorn Spring 2018: 10.77CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018: 10.53Bayou Bash 2018: 9.50CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.59DFW Cubing Fiesta August 2018: 8.65DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018: 9.22Trinity Valley Open 2018: 9.62Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019: 9.01CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019: 8.77CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.70Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019: 7.17DFW NxN Winter 2020: 8.66Trinity Valley Spring 2020: 7.537.1720.7716 Jan 201622 Feb 2020

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.

  • Jason Lee — met in 182 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
  • Riley Norrid — met in 173 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
  • Mahith Bandi — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead 35 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.