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Matai Peters Loewen
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LOEW01
Matai Peters Loewen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.61, set at Winnipeg Fall Afternoon 2025, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 855th in Canada. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2024, he has put 124 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.88 in March 2024 to 10.61, a 41% improvement. Matai has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 14.81 | top 9.3% | 855 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.63 | top 12.8% | 853 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.15 | 8.30 | top 14.1% | 559 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 6.70 | 12.48 | top 31.3% | 766 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.13 | 1:06.56 | top 37.7% | 1,012 / 3,118 |
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 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Grand Forks 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Winnipeg Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: New to Sherwood Park 2024. A 19.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Winnipeg Fall Afternoon 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Grand Forks 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New to Sherwood Park 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Laura Plourde — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Karl Sebastien Haw — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Balam Thomas Perez — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.