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Sonja Merkli

Skewb · top 15.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023MERK02

Sonja Merkli has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.69, set at Swisscubing Cup II 2024, puts her in the top 15.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in Switzerland. Across 27 competitions since November 2023, she has put 690 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 18.89 in November 2023 to 14.15, a 25% improvement. Sonja has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 15.8% of 73,281 all-time
4.69
signature single · Swisscubing Cup II 2024
690
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
Skewb4.6910.58
top 15.8%77 / 388
3×314.1518.86
top 21.5%267 / 1,197
2×25.627.15
top 46.7%462 / 913
Square-129.5542.35
top 48.6%81 / 159
Pyraminx9.5111.12
top 49.1%357 / 655
4×41:17.591:25.16
top 53.9%233 / 462
3×3 one-handed33.4651.04
top 54.3%201 / 367
Clock19.7523.17
top 63.9%144 / 226
Megaminx3:02.60—
top 75.3%154 / 207
5×52:52.323:13.49
top 75.5%184 / 266
6×67:41.19—
early days — 3 solves134 / 141

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

Swiss Science Open 2023: 18.89Chääswürfel 2023: 20.55Swisscubing Cup I 2024: 21.00Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 18.0010 Johr Wiler Würfelfäst 2024: 20.67Swisscubing Cup IV 2024: 16.50Bellinzona Back to School 2024: 16.79Swisscubing Cup V 2024: 18.05LaFilanda Speedcubing 2024: 19.32Swiss Nationals 2024: 15.84Mini Ticino Open 2024: 15.90Lonay Cube 2024: 17.69Swiss Science Open 2024: 17.29Swisscubing Cup Final 2024: 15.60Chääswürfel 2024: 16.86Swisscubing Cup I 2025: 14.15Swisscubing Cup II 2025: 15.61Romandie Doigts Rapides 2025: 18.69Swisscubing Cup V 2025: 18.90Swiss Science Open 2025: 17.79Cubing in the Rain 2026: 16.55Bern Cubing Festival 2026: 16.36Wiler Würfelfäst 2026: 18.27Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 19.44Luzern Sunset Solves 2026: 14.1614.1521.0011 Nov 202319 Aug 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.15 away.

Targets move as she improves.