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Matthew Schoenecker
3×3 · top 0.45% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SCHO23
Matthew Schoenecker has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.92, set at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025, puts him in the top 0.45% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 303rd in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2023, he has put 158 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.36 in August 2023 to 5.92, a 48% improvement. Matthew has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 5.92 | 9.47 | top 0.45% | 303 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.37 | 4.93 | top 1.9% | 498 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 4.29 | top 12.7% | 5,075 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.41 | 7.97 | top 13.9% | 2,178 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 7.83 | 9.05 | top 14.3% | 1,124 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 45.90 | 55.71 | top 19.5% | 2,996 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.91 | 26.55 | top 23.1% | 2,995 / 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
- 8 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025.
- 30 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.63 at Race the Clock Minnesota 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023. A 11.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- WisconsiNxN 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Woods 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brian Johnson — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.