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Cory Sonntag

2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021SONN01

Cory Sonntag has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 191st in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since January 2021, he has put 1,223 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.08 in January 2021 to 12.43, a 35% improvement. Cory has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.52
signature single · Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023
1,223
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×22.524.81
top 9.1%191 / 1,615
Pyraminx5.159.44
top 14.1%201 / 1,141
3×312.4315.41
top 15.4%313 / 2,095
Megaminx1:27.181:38.19
top 26.3%95 / 283
4×451.6858.72
top 26.8%180 / 722
5×51:53.222:03.45
top 44.8%159 / 355
3×3 one-handed29.3138.43
top 45.1%245 / 600
Skewb10.3419.96
top 57.0%403 / 666
6×64:15.814:32.50
top 70.5%115 / 149
7×77:27.91—
top 84.3%108 / 126
Square-11:04.14—
top 86.1%227 / 251

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

A New Year in Auckland 2021: 19.08NZ North Island Championship 2021: 16.49Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022: 19.49Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 16.46New Zealand Nationals 2022: 16.70A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 13.16Wellington Summer 2023: 15.37Palmerston North 2023: 19.27Auckland Autumn 2023: 14.17Cashmere Open 2023: 15.33Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 15.19Tauranga Open 2023: 13.92NZ North Island Championship 2023: 13.41Lyttelton Spring 2023: 14.13New Zealand Nationals 2023: 13.86A New Year in Auckland 2024: 15.39Beachside Auckland 2024: 17.83NZ South Island Championship 2024: 14.31NZ North Island Championship 2024: 15.26New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 15.16Max Speed Milford 2024: 15.34New Zealand Nationals 2024: 14.17Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 15.84A New Year in Auckland 2025: 13.68Sqauckland 2025: 15.63NZ South Island Championship 2025: 15.18Milford Winter Warm Up 2025: 12.43Coping in Auckland 2025: 16.62NZ North Island Championship 2025: 14.012x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 18.15Beachside Auckland 2025: 13.82New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025: 13.83Drury Summer 2025: 16.58Welcome Back Hamilton 2026: 15.0012.4319.498 Jan 20219 May 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.