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Ben Matyas

2×2 · top 0.21% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022MATY01

Ben Matyas has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.78, set at Hannukubing Israel 2024, puts him in the top 0.21% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Israel. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since March 2022, he has put 1,440 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.54 in March 2022 to 6.41, a 65% improvement. Ben has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.21% of 189,179 all-time
0.78
signature single · Hannukubing Israel 2024
1,440
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIsrael
2×20.781.36
top 0.21%3 / 1,421
3×36.417.62
top 0.79%25 / 2,044
Clock3.073.62
top 0.83%1 / 252
Pyraminx1.862.84
top 0.92%12 / 973
Skewb1.973.41
top 1.3%11 / 634
4×428.3434.31
top 1.9%13 / 659
Square-18.2510.44
top 3.4%14 / 255
Megaminx50.381:01.25
top 5.3%17 / 264
3×3 one-handed15.7918.18
top 9.8%71 / 678
5×51:12.491:22.94
top 13.5%42 / 345
3×3 blindfolded1:47.622:27.35
top 29.1%59 / 157
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve90 / 115

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

Kubiat Esther 2022: 18.54Aficube A 2022: 12.62Israel Championship 2022: 10.30Kubiat HaGalil B 2022: 9.36NR Hanukkah: BLD 2022: 9.85Puriminx A 2023: 8.40Kubiat HaNegev B 2023: 8.47Mike's Cubes 2023: 7.72Israel Championship 2023: 8.29Cubing for Yuval 2023: 8.28Israel Winter Open A 2024: 7.88Mike's Cubes 2024: 8.51Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 6.88Israel Championship 2024: 7.56Around the Clock Israel 2024: 7.09Cubing for Yuval 2024: 7.13Hannukubing Israel 2024: 6.41Cubing Carnival Israel 2025: 6.83Haifa Cubing 2025: 6.86Israel Championship 2025: 6.46Cubing for Yuval Israel 2025: 6.52Mike's Cubes Israel 2026: 6.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.26Israel Championship 2026: 6.57Cubing for Yuval Israel 2026: 6.486.4118.5416 Mar 202228 Sep 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.

  • Ben Baron — met in 270 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
  • Yoav Vishne — met in 228 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • Roy Tamir — met in 221 rounds, finished ahead 107 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-3 Clock single — 248 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.