People · United States
Carter Steenhard
3×3 · top 8.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016STEE02
Carter Steenhard has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.35, set at Lawrence Summer 2025, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,677th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 178 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.94 in April 2016 to 10.35, a 74% improvement. Carter 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 | 10.35 | 11.63 | top 8.5% | 4,677 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 5.51 | top 10.7% | 4,215 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 50.12 | 52.00 | top 24.9% | 3,806 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.02 | 1:46.81 | top 33.4% | 2,366 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.41 | 1:54.82 | top 39.5% | 3,177 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.99 | 13.05 | top 44.7% | 12,862 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 10.80 | 14.49 | top 59.7% | 10,951 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 5:43.52 | 6:26.25 | early days — 3 solves | 1,915 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,843 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 5:21.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,478 / 4,196 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lawrence Summer 2025.
- 2 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 10.44 at KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 10.44 at KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023.
- 11 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023.
- 10 Sep 2016First sub-30 3×3: 27.07 at KCubing Summer 2016.
Competitions
- Lawrence Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023 · 2 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- KCubing Summer 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- KCubing Spring 2016 · 16 Apr 2016
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.
- Lydia Workman — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Mickey Doyle — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Ilene Wang — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.