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Matt Sherman

3×3 · top 85.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024SHER05

Matt Sherman has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 49.04, set at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026, puts him in the top 85.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52,287th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since July 2024, he has put 72 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:26.93 in July 2024 to 49.04, a 44% improvement. Matt has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 85.3% of 284,439 all-time
49.04
signature single · West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026
72
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×349.0457.44
top 85.3%52,287 / 59,724
2×214.5123.59
top 89.7%37,301 / 40,951
Pyraminx18.4026.27
top 90.5%26,577 / 28,708
4×44:01.51
early days — 2 solves18,996 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed2:43.35
early days — 2 solves15,600 / 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

FLIP Open 11: Road to Euros 2024: 1:26.93Open the Door Moselle 2024: 55.28UCSD March B 2026: 1:07.13Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 1:04.05UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 1:13.96Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026: 59.22UCSD Weeknights IX 2026: 52.55West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 49.04Seattle Summer 2026: 50.05Temecula Valley Summer 2026: 54.2249.041:26.9313 Jul 202425 Jul 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 9.04 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 2.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.