People · United States
Alex Matalobos
2×2 · top 15.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022MATA02
Alex Matalobos has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.12, set at Lakewood Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,111th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since August 2022, he has put 257 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.95 in August 2022 to 15.59, a 29% improvement. Alex has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 4.39 | top 15.6% | 6,111 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 9.19 | 11.37 | top 21.0% | 1,621 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 5.49 | 11.09 | top 21.9% | 3,491 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 15.59 | 19.34 | top 26.4% | 14,431 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.21 | 9.27 | top 29.6% | 8,201 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.65 | 1:32.90 | top 49.4% | 8,300 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 42.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,465 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.56 | 1:06.70 | top 71.1% | 10,228 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 3:20.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,418 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 4:22.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,949 / 9,401 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lakewood Newcomers 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tacoma Summer 2024.
- 25 May 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.09 at Kent Spring 2024.
- 27 Aug 2022First competition: Bellevue Cubing for Children's 2022. A 21.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kent Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kent Summer 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tacoma Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Husky Pride Seattle 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Summer 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mill Creek 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Olympia 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- New Kent On The Block 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo NxN 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Bellevue Cubing for Children's 2022 · 27 Aug 2022
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.
- Rainier Feiler — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Anishk Arora — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ethan Ekstrom — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.