People · Germany
Liam Schenk
2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SCHE10
Liam Schenk has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Darmstadt Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 283 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.96 in September 2023 to 12.00, a 29% improvement. Liam has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 3.61 | top 4.4% | 188 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.61 | 5.85 | top 5.9% | 136 / 1,987 | |
| 3×3 | 12.00 | 14.37 | top 13.9% | 689 / 4,109 | |
| Skewb | 5.71 | 9.30 | top 23.5% | 315 / 1,169 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.12 | 39.54 | top 53.6% | 702 / 1,314 |
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
- 20 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.61 at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in HD 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First competition: Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023. A 20.33 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.96 at Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023.
Competitions
- Hessen Open 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Darmstadt Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025 · 9 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in HD 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Eberstädter Einsteiger-Event 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 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.
- Linh Son Luu — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Woo Joo Lee — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alexander Botz — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.