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Mathieu Vanhaver
Clock · top 16.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023VANH01
Mathieu Vanhaver has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 8.29, set at Beijing Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 16.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,262nd in the United States. Across 19 competitions since January 2023, he has put 345 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.36 in January 2023 to 13.36, a 43% improvement. Mathieu 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 8.29 | 9.91 | top 16.6% | 1,262 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 4.84 | top 17.7% | 6,924 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.81 | 7.82 | top 18.6% | 4,946 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.36 | 17.45 | top 18.7% | 10,035 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 7.11 | 9.37 | top 34.5% | 5,829 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:23.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,419 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 1:32.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,497 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 2:58.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 18,522 / 19,072 |
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
- 13 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.78 at Shenyang Spring 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang Spring 2025.
- 26 May 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.68 at Guiyang Open 2024.
- 21 Jan 2023First competition: Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023. A 23.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zamiin-Uud Cup 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Dandong Yalu River Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.