Sven Gowal

Region	WCA ID	Gender	Competitions	Completed Solves
Switzerland	2006GOWA01	Male	17	518

Current Personal Records

Event	NR	CR	WR	Single	Average	WR	CR	NR
3x3x3 Cube	251	14997	60571	15.61	18.69	59545	14721	254
2x2x2 Cube	113	6441	20114	2.96	5.78	37179	10701	192
4x4x4 Cube	252	12778	44471	1:30.50	1:46.00	39407	11113	229
5x5x5 Cube	195	9919	30607	3:52.83
3x3x3 Fewest Moves	57	2201	5469	42
3x3x3 One-Handed	199	11472	43288	43.84	1:00.78	43175	11376	205
Clock	131	6907	19902	34.38	36.22	16015	5360	103
Pyraminx	128	7512	22229	6.18	10.48	29154	9532	172
Square-1	80	4732	14227	43.41	1:00.07	13576	4426	74

Medal Collection

Gold	Silver	Bronze
2	5	4

Record Collection

WR	CR	NR
		66

Competition	Round	Place	Single		Average		Solves
3x3x3 Cube
Swiss Open 2009	Second round	16	17.25		20.79		26.88	18.00	17.25	20.92	23.44
	First round	16	17.91		22.49		39.08	19.75	22.06	17.91	25.66
Geneva Open 2008	Final	7	17.14		20.95		21.32	25.49	20.44	21.10	17.14
	Second round	7	15.63		18.69	NR	18.77	18.30	20.91	19.00	15.63
	First round	7	16.51		21.81		16.51	20.40	20.71	29.36	24.33
Dutch Open 2008	Second round	19	16.66		20.41		20.78	21.44	22.02	19.00	16.66
	First round	19	18.06		20.80		20.11	22.02	18.06	25.09	20.27
European Championship 2008	Second round	38	17.05		18.91		17.05	19.13	18.58	19.02	22.47
	First round	41	17.81		18.86	NR	21.22	17.81	17.83	19.81	18.94
Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	10	15.97		19.82	NR	17.43	15.97	20.41	21.61	24.31
	Second round	12	16.90		24.52		16.90	27.50	27.47	23.47	22.61
	First round	12	19.05		21.87		19.05	25.05	21.40	20.19	24.02
Dutch Masters 2008	Second round	21	18.33		20.99		22.71	18.33	19.69	20.56	23.75
	First round	20	19.08		20.78		25.80	21.50	20.88	19.96	19.08
Czech Open 2008	Second round	24	21.86		22.79		22.33	21.86	23.99	23.02	23.03
	First round	24	18.86		19.88	NR	19.47	21.34	19.02	21.16	18.86
Italian Open 2008	Second round	14	17.71		24.98		23.61	30.78	25.47	25.86	17.71
	First round	9	15.61	NR	21.31	NR	18.43	21.96	25.96	23.53	15.61
Nantes Open 2008	Second round	18	20.50		25.54		24.27	20.50	26.27	26.43	26.08
	First round	16	19.52		24.00		24.75	24.08	24.18	23.75	19.52
Caltech Summer competition 2007	First round	28	22.77		26.21		30.46	22.77	25.21	30.51	22.96
US Open 2007	Second round	27	21.79		23.61		24.16	27.18	21.79	23.13	23.53
	First round	28	20.31				20.31	25.14	24.09
San Diego competition 2007	Final	15	20.13		24.31		24.93	24.15	27.34	20.13	23.84
	First round	15	21.26		23.06		21.95	21.26	21.30	25.93	36.00
Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007	Second round	13	21.67		23.37		23.20	22.83	21.67	24.09	DNF
	First round	13	20.02		22.72		24.17	22.01	25.18	20.02	21.99
Berkeley Spring competition 2007	Second round	21	22.59		23.90		22.59	23.23	22.83	25.65	26.26
	First round	27	20.36		25.05		20.36	28.58	34.47	25.25	21.33
Belgian Open 2007	Second round	20	21.81		23.05		21.88	23.56	23.72	26.86	21.81
	First round	21	18.65	NR	22.60	NR	23.08	21.06	53.33	18.65	23.65
Dutch Open 2006	Second round	20	22.37		26.90		26.71	22.37	30.12	30.97	23.88
	First round	20	19.50	NR	27.51		19.50	33.96	23.46	31.96	27.12
European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006	Second round	36	23.74		26.79	NR	26.30	26.80	27.28	23.74	29.27
	First round	37	22.78	NR			22.78	23.32	27.19
2x2x2 Cube
Swiss Open 2009	Final	8	7.16		8.37		8.94	8.25	8.98	7.16	7.93
	First round	6	2.96	NR	5.94		8.72	6.02	5.77	6.03	2.96
Geneva Open 2008	First round	10	7.78		9.44		10.16	10.21	12.31	7.78	7.96
Dutch Open 2008	Final	18	5.27		9.03		7.61	8.97	10.50	DNF	5.27
European Championship 2008	Final	33	5.97		8.10		10.19	23.69	6.59	7.53	5.97
Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	5	6.40		7.24		6.40	9.00	6.71	7.52	7.50
Dutch Masters 2008	Final	9	5.52		7.11		5.52	7.58	6.93	6.83	8.13
Czech Open 2008	Final	8	5.00	NR	5.78	NR	19.38	5.43	6.00	5.00	5.91
Italian Open 2008	Final	6	5.65		8.41		5.65	10.08	12.72	7.30	7.84
Nantes Open 2008	Final	5	6.22		7.45	NR	6.83	8.08	7.43	6.22	9.19
Caltech Summer competition 2007	Final	9	6.62		8.92		6.87	13.21	DNF	6.62	6.68
US Open 2007	Final	10	5.21	NR	9.12		7.59	9.05	10.72	5.21	29.87
	First round	2	5.31	NR			5.31	7.22	6.44
San Diego competition 2007	Final	1	6.34	NR	8.11	NR	11.58	8.09	8.74	6.34	7.50
Belgian Open 2007	Final	19	9.11		10.45	NR	9.84	10.83	9.11	10.67	12.06
Dutch Open 2006	Final	10	8.08	NR	13.99	NR	12.55	16.21	13.51	8.08	15.92
European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006	First round	20	10.44	NR			10.44	11.30
4x4x4 Cube
Geneva Open 2008	Final	11	1:45.33				1:45.33	2:02.57
Dutch Open 2008	Final	23	1:54.05				1:55.83	1:54.05
European Championship 2008	First round	50	1:30.50	NR	1:58.33		2:17.88	1:55.65	1:59.02	2:00.31	1:30.50
	Qualification round	5	1:34.75				1:49.61	1:34.75
Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	11	1:40.09		1:46.00	NR	1:40.09	1:49.50	1:42.81	1:52.19	1:45.68
Dutch Masters 2008	Final	34	2:16.00				2:16.00	2:29.68
Czech Open 2008	Final	27	1:47.52				1:59.86	1:47.52
Italian Open 2008	Final	8	1:40.44		1:55.23	NR	2:11.75	1:56.18	1:59.16	1:40.44	1:50.36
Nantes Open 2008	Final	12	1:52.21		2:06.64		1:55.75	2:19.86	1:52.21	2:17.53	2:06.63
Caltech Summer competition 2007	Final	11	1:36.49		1:58.89	NR	2:09.27	1:55.16	1:36.49	1:52.25	DNF
US Open 2007	First round	13	1:34.46				1:34.46	1:59.49
San Diego competition 2007	Final	8	1:33.59	NR	2:07.83		1:45.43	2:40.45	3:15.34	1:33.59	1:57.62
Berkeley Spring competition 2007	Final	12	1:44.31	NR	2:02.13	NR	1:56.60	2:09.79	1:44.31	2:00.00	2:25.28
Belgian Open 2007	Final	23	2:21.00				2:21.88	2:21.00
Dutch Open 2006	Final	18	2:17.40				2:17.40	2:44.34
European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006	First round	34	2:10.54	NR			3:39.91	2:10.54
5x5x5 Cube
Geneva Open 2008	Final	14	4:01.81				4:01.81	4:03.38
Dutch Open 2008	Final	26	3:52.83	NR			3:55.66	3:52.83
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
Dutch Open 2008	Final	9	42	NR			42
US Open 2007	Final	5	DNF				DNF
Berkeley Spring competition 2007	Final	3	DNF				DNF
3x3x3 One-Handed
Geneva Open 2008	Final	13	1:00.25				DNF	1:00.25
Dutch Open 2008	Final	18	43.84	NR	1:00.78	NR	43.84	1:21.50	56.25	1:04.58	1:01.50
European Championship 2008	Qualification round	22	1:06.25				1:06.25	1:12.69
Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	13	57.85		1:12.26		1:01.72	1:34.75	1:43.33	57.85	1:00.30
Dutch Masters 2008	First round	26	57.88		1:20.96		1:20.61	1:22.30	1:19.97	1:31.88	57.88
Caltech Summer competition 2007	First round	20	55.96		1:08.34		1:08.46	55.96	1:08.36	1:18.15	1:08.21
US Open 2007	First round	14	47.83	NR			47.83	1:09.83
San Diego competition 2007	First round	17	54.16		1:06.76	NR	1:09.42	54.16	1:18.85	1:04.18	1:06.67
Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007	First round	13	53.65	NR			1:14.91	53.65
Berkeley Spring competition 2007	First round	24	1:10.43		1:17.76		1:29.60	1:10.43	DNF	1:10.50	1:13.19
Belgian Open 2007	Final	22	1:04.22	NR	1:15.22	NR	1:13.34	1:04.22	1:18.87	1:17.27	1:15.06
Clock
Dutch Open 2008	Final	14	52.08		1:11.57		1:27.72	1:14.91	52.08
European Championship 2008	Final	23	34.38	NR	36.22	NR	38.24	34.38	36.03
Pyraminx
Dutch Open 2008	Final	6	7.93		11.94		16.72	11.77	14.71	9.34	7.93
European Championship 2008	Final	25	14.01				14.01	14.28
Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	5	7.52		11.78		7.52	12.09	14.44	8.81	22.56
Dutch Masters 2008	Final	5	6.18	NR	11.56		8.41	16.88	6.18	9.38	DNF
Czech Open 2008	Final	8	9.03		13.17		13.09	15.56	12.97	9.03	13.46
Nantes Open 2008	Final	2	8.34		12.60		11.44	12.93	13.44	8.34	14.34
Caltech Summer competition 2007	Final	2	7.81		10.48	NR	16.93	10.12	11.16	7.81	10.15
US Open 2007	Final	3	7.58	NR	11.58	NR	13.62	7.58	13.40	17.42	7.71
Belgian Open 2007	Final	4	13.77	NR	16.19	NR	22.84	19.36	14.86	14.34	13.77
Square-1
Geneva Open 2008	Final	6	56.09		1:07.88		56.09	1:05.22	1:22.33
Dutch Open 2008	Final	7	52.63		1:03.81		1:00.43	1:18.38	52.63
European Championship 2008	Final	18	1:20.61				1:20.61
Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	7	54.66		1:07.56		1:23.72	1:04.30	54.66
Dutch Masters 2008	Final	7	43.41	NR	1:00.07	NR	55.27	43.41	1:21.52
Czech Open 2008	Final	14	1:44.58				1:44.58
US Open 2007	Final	8	1:43.36	NR	1:47.94	NR	1:50.56	1:43.36	1:49.90
Belgian Open 2007	Final	12	1:53.11	NR	2:12.66	NR	2:01.53	1:53.11	2:43.34
Magic
Swiss Open 2009	Final	4	1.47		2.23		6.37	3.63	1.47	1.54	1.52
Geneva Open 2008	Final	11	1.61		3.75		1.61	3.44	4.27	3.55	DNF
Dutch Open 2008	Final	13	1.59		2.61		4.65	1.81	1.59	2.61	3.40
European Championship 2008	Final	13	1.50		2.01		1.50	2.72	4.05	1.67	1.65
Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	4	1.56		2.24		1.56	1.61	3.47	1.63	3.80
Dutch Masters 2008	Final	14	1.46		2.32		3.61	1.68	1.68	24.91	1.46
Czech Open 2008	Final	8	1.52		2.03		3.66	2.71	1.61	1.52	1.78
Italian Open 2008	Final	5	1.56		2.67		2.61	1.56	2.75	2.66	DNF
Nantes Open 2008	Final	3	1.43		1.87		1.94	1.43	1.94	3.43	1.72
US Open 2007	Final	1	1.56		1.65	NR	DNF	1.62	1.70	1.62	1.56
Belgian Open 2007	Final	3	1.42	NR	1.68	NR	1.51	1.84	1.42	1.93	1.70
Dutch Open 2006	Final	5	1.51	NR	2.15	NR	1.51	3.38	1.55	1.51	DNF
European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006	Final	6	1.93	NR	2.27	NR	2.51	9.97	2.21	1.93	2.09
Master Magic
Swiss Open 2009	Final	6	3.62		4.28		5.64	4.27	4.07	3.62	4.50
Dutch Open 2008	Final	3	3.50		3.95		3.50	3.77	5.52	3.65	4.44
European Championship 2008	Final	5	3.38		3.61		3.72	3.60	3.50	3.38	DNF
Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	2	3.66		4.01		4.08	3.75	4.21	3.66	6.11
Dutch Masters 2008	Final	9	3.55		5.25		3.55	8.88	3.97	7.93	3.86
Czech Open 2008	Final	8	3.21	NR	4.59		4.02	4.90	4.84	3.21	5.03
Nantes Open 2008	Final	2	3.27		3.64		3.55	8.34	3.77	3.27	3.61
US Open 2007	Final	2	3.22	NR	3.56	NR	4.26	3.55	3.81	3.32	3.22
Belgian Open 2007	Final	7	3.47	NR	4.35	NR	4.21	4.63	6.36	4.22	3.47

History of National Records

Single	Average	Competition	Round	Solves
3x3x3 Cube
	18.69	Geneva Open 2008	Second round	18.77	18.30	20.91	19.00	15.63
	18.86	European Championship 2008	First round	21.22	17.81	17.83	19.81	18.94
	19.82	Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	17.43	15.97	20.41	21.61	24.31
	19.88	Czech Open 2008	First round	19.47	21.34	19.02	21.16	18.86
15.61	21.31	Italian Open 2008	First round	18.43	21.96	25.96	23.53	15.61
18.65	22.60	Belgian Open 2007	First round	23.08	21.06	53.33	18.65	23.65
19.50		Dutch Open 2006	First round
	26.79	European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006	Second round	26.30	26.80	27.28	23.74	29.27
22.78		European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006	First round
2x2x2 Cube
2.96		Swiss Open 2009	First round
5.00	5.78	Czech Open 2008	Final	19.38	5.43	6.00	5.00	5.91
	7.45	Nantes Open 2008	Final	6.83	8.08	7.43	6.22	9.19
5.21		US Open 2007	Final
5.31		US Open 2007	First round
6.34	8.11	San Diego competition 2007	Final	11.58	8.09	8.74	6.34	7.50
	10.45	Belgian Open 2007	Final	9.84	10.83	9.11	10.67	12.06
8.08	13.99	Dutch Open 2006	Final	12.55	16.21	13.51	8.08	15.92
10.44		European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006	First round
4x4x4 Cube
1:30.50		European Championship 2008	First round
	1:46.00	Brussels Summer Open 2008	Final	1:40.09	1:49.50	1:42.81	1:52.19	1:45.68
	1:55.23	Italian Open 2008	Final	2:11.75	1:56.18	1:59.16	1:40.44	1:50.36
	1:58.89	Caltech Summer competition 2007	Final	2:09.27	1:55.16	1:36.49	1:52.25	DNF
1:33.59		San Diego competition 2007	Final
1:44.31	2:02.13	Berkeley Spring competition 2007	Final	1:56.60	2:09.79	1:44.31	2:00.00	2:25.28
2:10.54		European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006	First round
5x5x5 Cube
3:52.83		Dutch Open 2008	Final
3x3x3 Fewest Moves
42		Dutch Open 2008	Final
3x3x3 One-Handed
43.84	1:00.78	Dutch Open 2008	Final	43.84	1:21.50	56.25	1:04.58	1:01.50
47.83		US Open 2007	First round
	1:06.76	San Diego competition 2007	First round	1:09.42	54.16	1:18.85	1:04.18	1:06.67
53.65		Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007	First round
1:04.22	1:15.22	Belgian Open 2007	Final	1:13.34	1:04.22	1:18.87	1:17.27	1:15.06
Clock
34.38	36.22	European Championship 2008	Final	38.24	34.38	36.03
Pyraminx
6.18		Dutch Masters 2008	Final
	10.48	Caltech Summer competition 2007	Final	16.93	10.12	11.16	7.81	10.15
7.58	11.58	US Open 2007	Final	13.62	7.58	13.40	17.42	7.71
13.77	16.19	Belgian Open 2007	Final	22.84	19.36	14.86	14.34	13.77
Square-1
43.41	1:00.07	Dutch Masters 2008	Final	55.27	43.41	1:21.52
1:43.36	1:47.94	US Open 2007	Final	1:50.56	1:43.36	1:49.90
1:53.11	2:12.66	Belgian Open 2007	Final	2:01.53	1:53.11	2:43.34
Magic
	1.65	US Open 2007	Final	DNF	1.62	1.70	1.62	1.56
1.42	1.68	Belgian Open 2007	Final	1.51	1.84	1.42	1.93	1.70
1.51	2.15	Dutch Open 2006	Final	1.51	3.38	1.55	1.51	DNF
1.93	2.27	European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006	Final	2.51	9.97	2.21	1.93	2.09
Master Magic
3.21		Czech Open 2008	Final
3.22	3.56	US Open 2007	Final	4.26	3.55	3.81	3.32	3.22
3.47	4.35	Belgian Open 2007	Final	4.21	4.63	6.36	4.22	3.47