People · Switzerland
Silvan Venzin
3×3 · top 0.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021VENZ01
Silvan Venzin has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.64, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Switzerland. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since August 2021, he has put 3,818 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.49 in August 2021 to 5.64, a 75% improvement. Silvan has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.64 | 8.00 | top 0.3% | 7 / 1,197 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.43 | 3.75 | top 0.34% | 3 / 655 | |
| Skewb | 1.65 | 2.54 | top 0.65% | 6 / 388 | |
| 5×5 | 45.51 | 52.11 | top 0.75% | 3 / 266 | |
| 4×4 | 25.41 | 30.09 | top 0.81% | 7 / 462 | |
| 7×7 | 2:07.03 | 2:14.20 | top 1.0% | 3 / 118 | |
| 6×6 | 1:24.43 | 1:29.10 | top 1.1% | 3 / 141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.35 | 12.26 | top 1.3% | 10 / 367 | |
| Clock | 3.70 | 4.61 | top 1.8% | 7 / 226 | |
| 2×2 | 1.43 | 2.42 | top 1.9% | 29 / 913 | |
| Megaminx | 49.73 | 55.99 | top 5.0% | 14 / 207 | |
| Square-1 | 10.29 | 11.97 | top 6.6% | 12 / 159 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:02.70 | 1:59.97 | top 13.9% | 17 / 87 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 34.33 | top 17.4% | 24 / 97 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 4 cubes · 23:37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 39 / 41 |
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
- 16 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Bündner Open 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Slovak Championship 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup IV 2025.
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup III 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at Sonvico Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Lugano Big & Blind 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Biasca Euro Warmup 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Red Cross Spring Cleaning 2026 · 17 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Muri Twist Till It Works 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Belli in Zona 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Rain 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chääswürfel 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dreiländereck-Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Ticino Open 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Science Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bündner Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Neyruz Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup V 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Slovak Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chichester April 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sonvico Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Romandie Doigts Rapides 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Olte Februar Füürobe 2025 · 25 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sonvico Saturday Solves 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chääswürfel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ticino: Back to One Handed 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- LaFilanda Speedcubing 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Mental Breakdown II 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup V 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bellinzona Back to School 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bündner Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- V per Varese 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bellinzona Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Mega Chiasso 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- 10 Johr Wiler Würfelfäst 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Lugano Big & Blind 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chääswürfel 2023 · 31 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ticino Winter Open 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ticino Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup V 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- OFFA Speedcubing Meisterschaft 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Frozen Lake Constance 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2022 · 9 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Offline Schwyz Saturday 2021 · 14 Aug 2021
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.
- Levin Houghton — met in 737 rounds, finished ahead 302 times
- Tobias Peter — met in 591 rounds, finished ahead 296 times
- Mattia Pasquini — met in 556 rounds, finished ahead 436 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.