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Matt Degala

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022DEGA01

Matt Degala has been competing for 4 years. Their best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.81, set at PBs in Palisades Open 2026, puts them in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 706th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since June 2022, they have put 733 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 9.24 in June 2022 to 6.81, a 26% improvement. Matt has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.81
signature single · PBs in Palisades Open 2026
733
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.819.67
top 1.1%706 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.454.37
top 2.1%546 / 28,708
4×429.7932.59
top 2.7%443 / 19,072
2×21.972.86
top 4.5%1,814 / 40,951
Skewb2.964.52
top 4.8%748 / 18,907
5×559.061:07.14
top 5.0%420 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed14.5815.96
top 7.2%973 / 15,683
Megaminx57.981:05.02
top 8.9%615 / 7,841
Clock6.687.93
top 9.8%759 / 8,927
6×61:58.422:07.41
top 10.4%373 / 4,196
Square-114.5519.83
top 15.4%1,036 / 6,743
7×73:34.203:43.42
top 21.2%603 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
top 26.7%586 / 2,040

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

Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 9.24New York Yopen 2022: 9.93NJIT Spring 2023: 9.54PBs in Palisades 2023: 9.48Westchester Weeknights 4 2023: 7.68Hudson Valley 2023: 8.81PBs in Palisades 2024: 8.67An Afternoon in Nyack 2024: 7.74Kisco Cubing 2025: 8.98PBs in Palisades Open 2025: 8.63PBs in Palisades Winter 2025: 8.57PBs in Palisades Spring 2025: 8.22Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025: 9.08PBs in Palisades Open 2026: 6.81PBs in Palisades Spring 2026: 8.44NAC Prep in Palisades 2026: 9.366.819.9317 Jun 202220 Jun 2026

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 their.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as they improves.