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Matt Stephenson

3×3 · top 0.28% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022STEP04

Matt Stephenson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.58, set at Sheffield Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in the United Kingdom. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since April 2022, he has put 4,235 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.99 in April 2022 to 5.58, a 65% improvement. Matt has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.28% of 284,439 all-time
5.58
signature single · Sheffield Spring 2026
4,235
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×35.588.38
top 0.28%30 / 6,689
2×20.922.31
top 0.41%38 / 4,895
Skewb1.533.00
top 0.49%7 / 2,421
Clock2.803.28
top 0.54%14 / 1,232
Megaminx36.4641.30
top 0.85%16 / 966
4×426.7130.34
top 1.2%35 / 2,071
5×549.5655.25
top 1.6%27 / 1,151
Pyraminx2.333.65
top 1.8%71 / 3,656
Square-17.239.06
top 2.1%23 / 778
3×3 one-handed11.4413.58
top 2.3%49 / 1,851
6×61:33.591:40.74
top 2.6%14 / 548
7×72:34.202:41.94
top 4.4%21 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves31.67
top 12.2%55 / 372
3×3 blindfolded1:49.17—
top 29.7%130 / 311
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 16:58—
early days — 2 solves105 / 126

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

Stevenage Spring 2022: 15.99Stevenage Summer 2022: 15.24Lincoln Summer 2022: 13.34Stevenage Autumn A 2022: 10.67Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 11.75Stevenage January 2023: 9.62Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 10.78Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023: 9.73Stevenage May 2023: 9.43Stevenage June 2023: 9.55Isle of Wight Summer 2023: 8.55Lincolnshire Summer 2023: 9.52Norwich Summer 2023: 8.39August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 7.90Wiltshire Autumn 2023: 9.07Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 9.95Stevenage November 2023: 8.50Stevenage January 2024: 8.75Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024: 8.52Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024: 9.15Manchester Spring 2024: 8.11Stevenage April 2024: 9.36Crewe Spring 2024: 8.06Stevenage May 2024: 8.50Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 7.67Bristol Summer 2024: 8.12Lincolnshire Summer 2024: 8.27Birmingham Summer 2024: 9.45Kewbz UK Open 2024: 9.30Stevenage Beginners September A 2024: 9.41Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 8.89Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.62Lincolnshire Autumn 2024: 8.83Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 8.09Crewe Winter 2025: 7.63Manchester Spring 2025: 7.18Coventry Spring 2025: 8.50Bristol June 2025: 7.55Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 7.17Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 6.65Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025: 7.00Corby Autumn 2025: 8.63Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 8.10Leicestershire Autumn 2025: 7.73Crewe Winter 2026: 6.58Crewe Spring 2026: 6.78Liverpool Spring 2026: 7.39Sheffield Spring 2026: 5.58Crewe May 2026: 7.58Bristol June 2026: 6.77Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 7.735.5815.9930 Apr 202228 Aug 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.