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Matt Braden

3×3 · top 23.1% of 284,439 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 23.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,527th 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 35,811 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.

3×3
best event — top 23.1% of 284,439 all-time
14.62
signature single · Tooele Open B 2025
230
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.6217.43
top 23.1%12,527 / 59,724
2×23.926.03
top 25.5%9,994 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.6815.64
top 33.5%9,446 / 28,708
4×41:19.091:25.83
top 55.2%9,437 / 19,072
Skewb14.0520.49
top 74.9%14,186 / 18,907
Clock25.0027.86
top 76.7%6,721 / 8,927
Square-152.401:08.46
top 78.2%5,190 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed1:29.52
early days — 1 solve14,702 / 15,683

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

Utah Winter Open 2018: 18.29Utah Spring Open 2018: 17.47CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 18.92Idaho Freeze Dried 2023: 16.57Utah Megacomp 2023: 17.55Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023: 15.13Utah Summer Side Events B 2023: 18.43Utah Valley Open 2023: 17.79Utah Ice Cubing 2025: 18.63Wolverine Weekdays 1 Orem 2025: 16.37Utah Newcomers 2025: 15.12Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025: 15.70Rexburg Rumble 2025: 17.27Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025: 15.61Tooele Open B 2025: 14.62Wolverine Weekdays 3 Orem 2025: 15.0614.6218.9227 Jan 201821 Jul 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.62 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.