People · New Zealand
Sebastian Cowlishaw Merz
Pyraminx · top 13.4% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025MERZ01
Sebastian Cowlishaw Merz has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.04, set at Wellington Spring 2025, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 192nd in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since June 2025, he has put 153 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 20.54 in June 2025 to 3.79, an 82% improvement. Sebastian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.04 | 10.84 | top 13.4% | 192 / 1,149 | |
| 2×2 | 3.79 | 7.53 | top 23.9% | 429 / 1,627 | |
| 3×3 | 18.52 | 23.70 | top 35.8% | 743 / 2,145 | |
| Skewb | 12.97 | 20.13 | top 70.6% | 495 / 670 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Oct 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.52 at Solve Well in Wellington 2026.
- 23 May 2026First sub-30 3×3: 25.39 at Wellington Autumn 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Wellington Spring 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025First competition: Wellington Winter 2025. A 41.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solve Well in Wellington 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NZ Cubing in the Capital 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Autumn 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Spring 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Solve Well in Wellington 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
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.
- Julian Sico — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dylan Himmelfarb — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.