People · South Africa
Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025CVET02
Mateo Zarko Cvetkovic has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27th in South Africa. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2025, he has put 496 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 12 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.65 in April 2025 to 8.25, a 56% improvement. Mateo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.25 | 11.77 | top 3.2% | 27 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.40 | 7.13 | top 9.7% | 74 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 4.42 | top 10.1% | 99 / 1,510 | |
| 4×4 | 46.55 | 56.20 | top 20.2% | 61 / 491 | |
| Skewb | 7.52 | 8.73 | top 37.6% | 135 / 438 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.75 | 32.60 | top 41.3% | 120 / 467 | |
| Clock | 14.60 | 18.63 | top 46.3% | 65 / 148 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.75 | 2:10.03 | top 52.2% | 91 / 221 | |
| Megaminx | 3:03.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 158 / 266 |
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
- 1 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.25 at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Six personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025.
Competitions
- Farrarmere Full Speed 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Benoni May Madness 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 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.
- Marike Faught — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Juandré Jacobs — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Joshua Bennett — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.