People · Slovakia
Matej Chovanec
2×2 · top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CHOV02
Matej Chovanec has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.99, set at Slovak Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Slovakia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2023, he has put 268 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Matej has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Slovakia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.99 | 1.80 | top 0.54% | 6 / 375 | |
| 3×3 | 6.75 | 8.85 | top 1.1% | 11 / 447 |
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
- 15 Sep 2023First competition: Slovak Nationals 2023. A 10.67 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.10 at Slovak Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- Slovak Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ivanka pri Dunaji Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Ružinov: January 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Dolné Orešany Cube Day 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- North Slovakian Open 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Slovak Nationals 2024 · 2 Aug 2024
- Dolné Orešany Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nové Mesto Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bratislava Spring Is Coming 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Dolné Orešany Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slovak Nationals 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Jakub Drobný — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Alexander Pastirčák — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Jakub Jakoubek — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.