#4 Fabio Schwandt

7 national records, over 200 medals, your reigning Square-1 National Champion, that's right folks this week's entry is from Fabio Schwandt!!!

How did you get into cubing?

Back in late 2013 my brother learnt how to solve the cube, and with a long plane journey ahead of us, I convinced him to teach me. Brotherly rivalry spurred me on to get faster and the rest is history.

Describe your first competition...

Welcome to Cambridge 2014, it was just a 10 minute walk from where I lived. It was held in a small cafeteria with only 44 competitors, some of which I’m still great friends with today. I vividly remember leaving for lunch and seeing the end of Oliver Frost’s first 5x5 blindfolded world record!

What do you enjoy most about cubing?

Seeing old friends and meeting new people. It’s all about the good vibes in the UK cubing community, that’s what keeps me coming back!

What is your favourite event?

FMC! There’s nothing quite as satisfying as spending an hour on a nice solution and having it all work out in the end. I’m also getting a bit old and I can’t keep up in all the regular speed-solving events.

What is your biggest cubing achievement?

Either winning square-1 at the recent UK Championships or tying the NR FMC mean with 23.00!

What do you do outside of cubing?

I’m currently doing my masters in Maths and Computer Science in Bath.

What piece of advice would you give to newer cubers?

Have fun, and don’t get too caught up if your results don’t go your way!

Last but not least, a fun fact?

I used to create trick shot videos on Youtube with my brother, but the channel name is kept a secret!

Thanks for answering Fabio! (Fabioooooooo)

Will we ever learn the name of that YouTube channel??