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Carsten Matheus

Skewb · top 0.75% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014MATH02

Carsten Matheus has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.71, set at N8W8 Summer 2016, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Germany. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since March 2014, he has put 3,909 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.31 in March 2014 to 8.34, a 52% improvement. Carsten has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.75% of 73,281 all-time
1.71
signature single · N8W8 Summer 2016
3,909
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
Skewb1.713.23
top 0.75%8 / 1,169
4×430.6536.75
top 3.2%61 / 1,934
3×38.349.37
top 3.4%187 / 4,109
Pyraminx3.025.63
top 3.7%85 / 1,987
2×21.913.41
top 4.2%184 / 2,875
5×558.511:05.22
top 4.8%47 / 1,158
6×61:46.451:51.51
top 5.9%24 / 586
3×3 one-handed14.1417.24
top 6.4%89 / 1,314
Square-110.4614.25
top 6.9%31 / 533
7×72:48.022:54.34
top 7.3%23 / 510
Megaminx56.811:05.65
top 8.3%58 / 787
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves33.67
top 9.9%57 / 338
Clock9.2910.87
top 21.5%137 / 634
3×3 blindfolded2:50.733:24.45
top 49.8%150 / 343

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

Hessen Open 2014: 17.31N8W8 Summer 2014: 15.05German Nationals 2014: 14.00Sébra Open 2014: 14.00Franconia Winter 2014: 13.58Hessen Open 2015: 12.43Zonhoven Open 2015: 11.91German Open 2015: 12.09CBNBC 2015: 12.94Velbert Open 2015: 12.97N8W8 Summer 2015: 11.38German Big Cube Open 2015: 12.09German Nationals 2015: 11.43Hasselt Open 2015: 12.15Franconia Winter 2015: 11.09Sébra Open 2015: 10.14Cubelonia 2016: 10.11Zonhoven Open 2016: 11.06German Open 2016: 12.09Hessen Open 2016: 11.35European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 11.58N8W8 Summer 2016: 10.94Tübingen Open 2016: 10.05German Nationals 2016: 8.69Sébra Open 2016: 10.88PSKubing 2016: 9.63Cubelonia 2017: 10.88French Championship 2017: 9.54German Open 2017: 10.78Crawley Open 2017: 10.79German Big Cube Open 2017: 9.93World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.79German Nationals 2017: 10.91Monnem City Cubing 2017: 10.49German Open 2018: 10.90German Big Cube Open 2018: 9.28Bremium Cubing 2023: 8.81Cubing in HD 2023: 8.98German Nationals 2023: 9.04French Championship 2024: 8.34Frankfurt Cube Days 2024: 8.96Chääswürfel 2024: 9.02Clockerup i Otterup 2025: 8.80Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025: 8.56Kirkkonummen Jouluvääntelyt 2025: 9.718.3417.3115 Mar 201426 Dec 2025

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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.