People · United States
Mattan Golay
2×2 · top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018GOLA01
Mattan Golay has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.75, set at Central Arkansas Summer 2018, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,506th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 160 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.13 in April 2018 to 12.85, a 25% improvement. Mattan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 2.75 | 5.47 | top 11.5% | 4,506 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.88 | 8.52 | top 12.4% | 3,236 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.85 | 15.28 | top 16.9% | 9,050 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 54.31 | 55.98 | top 29.9% | 4,688 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 7.43 | 8.34 | top 37.0% | 6,321 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 4:14.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,402 / 7,841 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.94 at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026.
- 30 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Central Arkansas Summer 2018.
- 13 Apr 2018First competition: CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018. A 21.80 3×3 single to start from.
- 13 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.13 at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018.
Competitions
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
- Central Arkansas Summer 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2018 · 12 May 2018
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018 · 13 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Feran — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.