People · United States
Caleb Shonkwiler
3×3 · top 7.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025SHON01
Caleb Shonkwiler has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.97, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,124th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2025, he has put 306 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.74 in May 2025 to 9.97, a 22% improvement. Caleb has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.97 | 13.83 | top 7.4% | 4,124 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.16 | 7.73 | top 21.2% | 5,782 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 5.65 | top 22.2% | 8,832 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.75 | 1:28.28 | top 22.4% | 1,567 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.24 | 1:43.20 | top 32.5% | 2,609 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 22.36 | 31.49 | top 33.3% | 2,184 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 7.15 | 9.31 | top 34.9% | 5,988 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.75 | 1:06.89 | top 37.4% | 6,110 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 14.69 | 15.90 | top 46.7% | 3,877 / 9,172 | |
| 7×7 | 4:54.56 | 5:46.69 | early days — 3 solves | 1,452 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.02 | 3:27.91 | top 51.1% | 1,944 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.20 | 38.03 | top 51.7% | 7,235 / 15,900 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Six personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026Eight personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at KCKC 9 Big and Awkward 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025.
- 18 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- KCKC 9 Big and Awkward 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Kansas City Side Events 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chaeli Baker — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Shawn Doyle — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.