People · United States
Matt Braden
3×3 · top 23.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018BRAD01
Matt Braden has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.62, set at Tooele Open B 2025, puts him in the top 23.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,772nd in the United States. Across 16 competitions since January 2018, he has put 230 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.29 in January 2018 to 14.62, a 20% improvement. Matt has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.62 | 17.43 | top 23.2% | 12,772 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.92 | 6.03 | top 25.5% | 10,165 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.68 | 15.64 | top 33.6% | 9,595 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.09 | 1:25.83 | top 55.2% | 9,578 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 14.05 | 20.49 | top 75.0% | 14,391 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 25.00 | 27.86 | top 76.7% | 6,898 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 52.40 | 1:08.46 | top 78.3% | 5,266 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:29.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 14,911 / 15,900 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at Tooele Open B 2025.
- 27 Jan 2018First competition: Utah Winter Open 2018. A 18.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wolverine Weekdays 3 Orem 2025 · 21 Jul 2025
- Tooele Open B 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rexburg Rumble 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wolverine Weekdays 1 Orem 2025 · 25 Feb 2025
- Utah Ice Cubing 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Utah Valley Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Utah Summer Side Events B 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Idaho Freeze Dried 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018
- Utah Spring Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Winter Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Isaac Myers — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cade Beck — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.62 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.