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Timothy Schwab

2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015SCHW02

Timothy Schwab has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at Idaho Speedcubing 2015, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,561st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2015, he has put 216 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.56 in March 2015 to 10.42, a 68% improvement. Timothy has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.23
signature single · Idaho Speedcubing 2015
216
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.234.88
top 6.5%2,561 / 40,951
3×310.4212.75
top 8.7%4,785 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.2711.12
top 38.5%10,999 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed30.6935.45
top 48.2%6,583 / 15,683
Skewb9.3715.38
top 51.0%9,130 / 18,907
4×41:21.171:44.70
top 56.9%9,796 / 19,072
Square-145.5454.44
top 71.7%4,712 / 6,743

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

Utah Pi Open 2015: 32.56Utah Megacomp 2015: 17.32Idaho Speedcubing 2015: 15.94Utah Spring: Gotta go Fast 2016: 13.83Utah Fall Championship 2016: 16.14Utah Cubing for Charity 2017: 11.80Utah Megacomp II 2017: 10.42Utah Winter Open 2018: 12.92Utah Spring Open 2018: 11.3210.4232.5614 Mar 201514 Apr 2018

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.