People · United States
Matt Newman
2×2 · top 85.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024NEWM03
Matt Newman has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 12.39, set at Orono Open 2025, puts him in the top 85.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35,491st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2024, he has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. Matt has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 12.39 | 25.69 | top 85.4% | 35,491 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.76 | 26.25 | top 89.4% | 26,264 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 25.25 | 27.99 | top 95.0% | 18,227 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 1:13.87 | 1:19.19 | top 95.7% | 57,926 / 59,724 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Apr 2024First competition: River Hawk Cubikon 2024. A 1:17.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Skowhegan Cubikon 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Orono Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hawk Cubikon 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
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.
- Tommy Chestnutt — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aedan Bryant — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aidan McKenzie — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 2.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.