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Philippe Schwartz

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 9.9% of 12,294 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SCHW02

Philippe Schwartz has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 28 moves, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Luxembourg. Across 49 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,145 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.57 in April 2018 to 15.06, a 45% improvement. Philippe has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 9.9% of 12,294 all-time
28 moves
signature single · Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023
1,145
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLuxembourg
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves32.33
top 9.9%1 / 8
2×23.244.82
top 17.1%9 / 51
3×3 blindfolded1:13.711:38.62
top 17.3%1 / 6
Pyraminx5.7810.67
top 18.4%7 / 30
3×315.0617.36
top 24.6%24 / 67
4×453.661:03.25
top 29.1%10 / 27
Skewb6.9810.38
top 33.5%10 / 21
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 20:12—
top 35.2%1 / 2
Clock12.2217.04
top 36.0%5 / 11
3×3 one-handed25.8031.46
top 36.3%6 / 22
5×51:44.091:55.62
top 38.4%6 / 17
Megaminx2:00.892:34.41
top 46.2%7 / 15
4×4 blindfolded10:04.0012:33.00
top 58.0%1 / 2
6×63:41.634:04.08
top 59.3%5 / 9
7×75:58.966:16.52
top 67.4%5 / 10
Square-149.261:05.25
top 75.4%5 / 8
5×5 blindfolded27:09.00—
early days — 1 solve1 / 1

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

Stenay Open 2018: 27.57Luxembourg Open 2018: 21.80Saint-Raphaël Winter Open 2018: 24.21Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019: 24.56Conde Open 2019: 23.33Romanian Cubing Open 2019: 18.84San Marino Nationals 2019: 18.47Swisscubing Cup IV 2019: 19.64Liechtenstein Open 2019: 19.47UK Championship 2019: 22.25Malta Open 2019: 15.06Tirol Open 2019: 16.79Nicosia Cubers 2020: 16.04Don't DNF Dublin 2020: 19.64Gdańsk Open 2020: 19.16Seraing Open 2021: 19.27Speedcubing i Lille Friheden 2022: 16.87Baztan Open 2022: 16.72Luxembourg Open 2022: 17.13Estonian Open 2022: 17.78Gulf of Finland 2022: 17.78Prague Open 2022: 19.76Bratislava Christmas Cubing 2022: 17.33Vilnius Spring Open 2023: 18.25Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 19.25Banja Luka Cube Day 2023: 16.87Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 15.54French Championship 2024: 21.66Luxembourg Nationals 2024: 16.97Andorran Championship 2024: 18.93Greek Nationals 2024: 17.54NxN Rīgā 2025: 18.02Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 17.73November Weekend İstanbul 2025: 18.40Marrakech Open 2026: 15.48Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 17.3415.0627.5714 Apr 201816 Jul 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.

  • Carlo Glod — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • AJ Nicholls — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • Matteo Dummar — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 13.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.