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Mathieu Preston

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 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 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2014, he has put 1,031 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 35,811 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 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.24
signature single · Canadian Championship 2019
1,031
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%79 / 7,173
4×431.1738.22
top 3.6%80 / 3,118
3×38.499.95
top 3.7%361 / 10,392
Pyraminx3.364.93
top 4.9%174 / 4,858
5×559.721:12.70
top 5.4%57 / 1,499
Square-110.9918.39
top 8.0%64 / 952
Megaminx56.161:03.02
top 8.0%70 / 1,375
3×3 one-handed15.5319.05
top 9.2%204 / 2,620
Skewb3.995.83
top 10.8%226 / 2,907
Clock8.5710.00
top 17.8%146 / 1,029
6×62:18.762:31.95
top 19.8%96 / 665
7×73:36.213:45.58
top 22.0%86 / 503
3×3 blindfolded2:09.75—
top 36.6%126 / 351
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 2 solves163 / 283

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: 2.031.2410.6922 Nov 20149 Aug 2024

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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.