Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Cole Matthew Smith

People · United States

Cole Matthew Smith

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SMIT63

Cole Matthew Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.57, set at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,530th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2022, he has put 58 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.18 in November 2022 to 12.57, a 22% improvement. Cole has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.57
signature single · Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.5714.99
top 15.9%8,530 / 59,724
2×25.247.26
top 42.3%17,005 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.0714.69
top 53.5%15,620 / 28,708
Skewb11.3214.65
top 62.6%11,584 / 18,907
4×41:36.36
top 68.2%12,126 / 19,072
Clock23.76
early days — 3 solves6,462 / 8,927

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

Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2022: 16.18Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023: 17.10Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024: 12.5712.5717.1012 Nov 202214 Dec 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.