People · Australia
Mathew Hui
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022HUIM01
Mathew Hui has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.74, set at Sydney Winter Sunday 2022, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 625th in Australia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since June 2022, he has put 276 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.43 in June 2022 to 9.74, a 27% improvement. Mathew has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.74 | 14.05 | top 6.7% | 625 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 42.00 | top 17.4% | 81 / 468 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 5.21 | top 20.3% | 1,550 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 5.50 | 13.56 | top 22.0% | 575 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.25 | 11.71 | top 38.3% | 2,057 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.44 | 32.31 | top 40.5% | 934 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.48 | 1:16.04 | top 47.3% | 1,264 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 20.56 | 24.84 | top 66.3% | 706 / 1,095 | |
| 5×5 | 2:35.85 | — | top 68.5% | 962 / 1,356 | |
| Megaminx | 3:43.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,187 / 1,277 | |
| 6×6 | 6:04.16 | — | early days — 3 solves | 587 / 641 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:04.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 372 / 394 | |
| Square-1 | 1:30.68 | — | early days — 3 solves | 882 / 899 |
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
- 3 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Sydney Square-1v1 2023.
- 28 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Sydney Winter Sunday 2022.
- 19 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at NSW Central West Winter 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: NSW Open 2022. A 13.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Hong Kong FMC Championship 2024 · 28 Dec 2024
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Guangzhou Quiet Day 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Tokyo Challenge VIII 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Australian Nationals FMC 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- Simple Sydney Saturday 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
- Maitland Winter 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Square-1v1 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mega May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023
- Tokyo Challenge Winter C 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022
- Marrickville Big Cubes Day 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals FMC 2022 · 25 Sep 2022
- Sydney Winter Sunday 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW Central West Winter 2022 · 19 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oscar Liang — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Liam Highducheck — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.