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Preston Schwartz

Pyraminx · top 0.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019SCHW07

Preston Schwartz has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at Vegas Cubing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 217th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since October 2019, he has put 1,418 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.90 in October 2019 to 8.17, a 57% improvement. Preston has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.7% of 130,891 all-time
1.72
signature single · Vegas Cubing Winter 2026
1,418
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.722.83
top 0.7%217 / 29,168
2×21.362.62
top 1.6%651 / 41,674
3×38.1710.05
top 3.1%1,799 / 60,666
4×430.9035.31
top 3.5%555 / 19,354
Skewb2.994.43
top 5.0%785 / 19,164
3×3 one-handed14.0617.59
top 6.3%875 / 15,900
Clock5.917.35
top 6.9%558 / 9,172
Megaminx54.161:00.41
top 7.1%504 / 8,026
Square-111.2116.35
top 8.4%609 / 6,846
6×61:53.532:01.16
top 8.6%305 / 4,262
5×51:06.281:13.06
top 9.3%735 / 9,537
7×73:00.323:08.22
top 10.7%297 / 3,236
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,496 / 2,059

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

Southern Utah Fall Open 2019: 18.90Bobcat Battle 2019: 17.39WCC Western Championship 2022: 12.28Cubing on the Octagon 2022: 13.09Bobcat Battle 2023: 11.87Southern Utah Summer 2023: 11.11Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023: 11.53CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 10.11Vegas Cubing Fall 2023: 9.35Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 9.50Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024: 10.76Nub Open Yucaipa 2024: 10.67Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024: 10.04CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 10.10Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024: 10.84Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024: 9.22Cubes Canes & Joy Vegas 2024: 9.18Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025: 8.17Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025: 9.12Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025: 9.72West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 9.53Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025: 8.88Super Duper San Diego 2026: 10.36Vegas Cubing Winter 2026: 8.88Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.07SacCubing XXIV 2026: 8.80Vegas Cubing Fall 2026: 8.688.1718.9019 Oct 201926 Sep 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.