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Matthew Advani (歐卓禮)

3×3 · top 0.35% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023ADVA01

Matthew Advani (歐卓禮) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.74, set at Korea Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.35% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Hong Kong, China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2023, he has put 782 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.09 in May 2023 to 5.74, a 48% improvement. Matthew has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.35% of 288,433 all-time
5.74
signature single · Korea Open 2026
782
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×35.748.21
top 0.35%10 / 1,424
Clock2.633.24
top 0.36%2 / 159
2×21.272.82
top 1.3%20 / 880
4×430.2339.61
top 3.0%29 / 447
3×3 one-handed12.3115.42
top 3.5%22 / 384
Pyraminx3.225.14
top 4.4%33 / 448
Square-110.4714.76
top 6.9%23 / 127
Skewb3.946.29
top 10.5%42 / 293
Megaminx1:09.451:18.82
top 15.3%43 / 169
3×3 blindfolded1:16.282:49.16
top 18.3%18 / 67
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
early days — 2 solves36 / 77
5×51:36.361:55.00
top 32.6%112 / 196
4×4 blindfolded18:44.00—
early days — 1 solve13 / 15

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

Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 11.09Hong Kong Championship 2023: 7.70Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024: 10.67Hong Kong Cube Day 2024: 9.83Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 8.67Hong Kong Championship 2024: 8.59Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.16HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 8.17Hong Kong Championship 2025: 7.71Odd Day in Hong Kong 2026: 7.32Vienna Frühling 2026: 8.58Bristol June 2026: 7.29Korea Open 2026: 5.74Hong Kong Cube Day 2026: 6.82Hong Kong Autumn Cube Day 2026: 7.445.7411.0926 May 202317 Oct 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 — 355 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-2 Clock single — 18 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.