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Carl Matthew A. Nova
3×3 · top 19.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025NOVA02
Carl Matthew A. Nova has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.47, set at SacCubing XXI 2025, puts him in the top 19.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,266th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.06 in June 2025 to 13.47, a 25% improvement. Carl has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 13.47 | 17.50 | top 19.1% | 10,266 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.02 | 7.14 | top 39.6% | 15,881 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 8.58 | 14.30 | top 45.6% | 8,043 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,759 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.93 | 38.67 | top 59.0% | 8,241 / 15,683 |
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
- 28 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.47 at SacCubing XXI 2025.
- 28 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XXI 2025.
- 25 Jun 2025First competition: West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025. A 18.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yuba City Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025 · 25 Jun 2025
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.
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Paul Mahvi — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tobias Lin — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.