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Nils Benedict Schönenberg

3×3 one-handed · top 2.4% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022SCHO06

Nils Benedict Schönenberg has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.52, set at Kölner Kubing 2024, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Germany. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2022, he has put 586 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.34 in June 2022 to 8.59, a 50% improvement. Nils has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.4% of 73,695 all-time
11.52
signature single · Kölner Kubing 2024
586
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×3 one-handed11.5219.20
top 2.4%29 / 1,314
3×38.5911.10
top 3.9%206 / 4,109
2×22.323.89
top 7.2%294 / 2,875
4×435.8045.52
top 7.5%144 / 1,934
Pyraminx5.007.21
top 13.2%338 / 1,987
5×51:15.981:23.38
top 16.1%160 / 1,158
Megaminx1:21.591:34.56
top 22.9%158 / 787
Skewb5.858.40
top 24.6%337 / 1,169
6×62:29.672:39.78
top 25.5%118 / 586
7×73:57.714:09.65
top 29.8%116 / 510
Square-125.7228.24
top 40.7%186 / 533
Clock17.0417.39
top 55.6%358 / 634
3×3 blindfolded10:59.00
early days — 1 solve338 / 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

Franconia Mini Open B 2022: 17.34German Nationals 2022: 14.15Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 12.00German Nationals 2023: 11.06Kölner Kubing 2023: 9.24Central Germany 2024: 8.59Kölner Kubing 2024: 10.51Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 9.99Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 10.06Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 9.09Aachen Summer Open 2026: 9.728.5917.3412 Jun 20224 Jul 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.