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Mathieu Preston

2×2 · top 1.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014PRES03

Mathieu Preston has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at Canadian Championship 2019, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since November 2014, he has put 1,053 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.69 in November 2014 to 1.24, an 88% improvement. Mathieu has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 189,179 all-time
1.24
signature single · Canadian Championship 2019
1,053
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.243.30
top 1.2%80 / 7,245
Pyraminx2.964.14
top 3.5%125 / 4,913
4×431.1738.22
top 3.6%82 / 3,180
3×38.499.95
top 3.7%367 / 10,502
5×557.911:04.81
top 4.6%50 / 1,546
Square-110.9918.39
top 8.0%65 / 973
Megaminx56.161:03.02
top 8.0%74 / 1,393
3×3 one-handed15.5319.05
top 9.3%204 / 2,632
Skewb3.995.83
top 10.9%228 / 2,928
Clock8.5710.00
top 17.7%147 / 1,057
6×62:18.762:31.95
top 20.0%97 / 683
7×73:36.213:45.58
top 22.0%91 / 519
3×3 blindfolded2:09.75—
top 36.7%128 / 362
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 2 solves164 / 284

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

Toronto Open Fall 2014: 10.69Toronto Open Spring 2015: 7.34Canadian Open 2015: 6.69Toronto Open Fall 2015: 4.06Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 3.85Newmarket Open 2016: 3.04Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 3.60Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 2.37London Limited Spring 2017: 3.19Newmarket Open 2017: 3.25Battle of Waterloo 2017: 3.13Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 1.88Newmarket Open 2018: 3.21Battle of Waterloo 2018: 2.85Newmarket Open 2019: 2.49Canadian Championship 2019: 1.24Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 3.82Kingston Winter 2024: 1.26Battle of Waterloo 2024: 3.58Ontario Championship 2024: 2.03Toronto Weeknights I 2026: 1.941.2410.6922 Nov 201430 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.