People · United States
Malachi Chavez
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022CHAV07
Malachi Chavez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at Prescott Winter 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,579th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2022, he has put 366 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.17 in August 2022 to 8.90, a 20% improvement. Malachi has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.90 | 10.87 | top 4.6% | 2,579 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.74 | 8.10 | top 11.6% | 3,013 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 39.78 | 46.59 | top 11.9% | 1,752 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 4.79 | 8.48 | top 16.6% | 2,622 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.81 | 4.49 | top 24.1% | 9,441 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.54 | 28.99 | top 24.7% | 3,184 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 21.70 | 29.89 | top 31.8% | 2,056 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 11.50 | 13.40 | top 32.6% | 2,555 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.44 | 1:51.79 | top 35.7% | 2,838 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.71 | 2:14.81 | top 46.7% | 3,442 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 7:35.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,711 / 3,184 |
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
- 18 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Arizona Championship 2024.
- 18 May 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sonoran Side Events 2023.
- 13 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Never Stop Turning AZ 2023.
- 6 Aug 2022First competition: BeCubed Summer 2022. A 11.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Prescott Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Prescott Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arizona Mini 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Arizona Championship 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Prescott Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sonoran Side Events 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Never Stop Turning AZ 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- AZCubing Winter 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- BeCubed Summer 2022 · 6 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.
- Mia Sponseller — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Ivan Vanek — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dan Tran — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.