Schwarz achieved his first points on the rankings on January 1st, 2018, with [[Runway]] [[Agent]] 0:23, worth 9 points at the time. He followed this up with [[Depot]] Agent 0:26. He spent most of the first half of the year filling out his timespage and gaining points wherever he could.
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Schwarz achieved his first World Record on April 12, 2018, with Runway Agent 0:22, after a ~40 hour grind over a couple months.
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He was a first round pick in the annual Summer League, having amassed nearly 1000 points in 5 months. Schwarz also received his Perfect Dark cartridge around this time, promising many more points throughout the time of League. However, in July 2018, with the stress of preparing for college, Schwarz decided to take a break until he was settled in.
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Schwarz would hardly play the rest of the year. On September 3rd, he would achieve [[Bunker 1]] Agent 0:17 as a World Record, but [[Karl Jobst]] would untie 0:16 just five hours later. In November, the new [[Investigation]] bot zoom strat would be discovered, and Schwarz would quickly achieve 1:05 on Agent, worth 94 points when set, and 2:08 on [[Special Agent]], worth 89 points when set. This would bring a lot of attention to Schwarz, showing his potential and skill on the level. It was also around this time where he would be invited to the unhoard ''Century Club'', led by [[BK]], including runners [[Yendis]], [[Happens]], and guest starring [[Pauliwood]], [[DuskyLW]], and [[Dr. Light]]. Schwarz accepted, only achieved one time for it in 2018.