People · United States
Matthew Aasen
2×2 · top 1.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016AASE01
Matthew Aasen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.33, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 615th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2016, he has put 127 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.76 in September 2016 to 10.55, a 47% improvement. Matthew has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 1.33 | 3.46 | top 1.5% | 615 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.71 | 8.31 | top 6.3% | 1,648 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 11.98 | top 9.2% | 5,070 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 50.39 | 59.95 | top 25.3% | 3,930 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 9.67 | 12.29 | top 52.9% | 9,672 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.04 | — | top 57.8% | 4,996 / 9,537 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.80 at Maryland 2017.
- 7 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Maryland 2017.
- 18 Jun 2016First competition: Slow N Steady Spring 2016.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Scenic City Summer TN 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
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.
- Jonathan Tilahun — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aubrey Trace — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Jerome — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.