People · United States
Matthew Arca
3×3 one-handed · top 0.65% of 74,621 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019ARCA01
Matthew Arca has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.28, set at UCSD March B 2026, puts him in the top 0.65% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in the United States. Until November 2013, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since December 2019, he has put 421 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.23 in December 2019 to 7.78, a 31% improvement. Matthew has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.28 | 10.06 | top 0.65% | 103 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 | 7.78 | 8.82 | top 2.4% | 1,458 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 3.15 | top 3.8% | 1,514 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 47.48 | 52.64 | top 21.5% | 3,314 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.62 | 9.72 | top 24.8% | 6,875 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:50.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 633 / 2,128 | |
| Skewb | 6.75 | 11.29 | top 31.8% | 5,335 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.11 | 2:03.42 | top 47.6% | 4,024 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | 48.67 | top 62.6% | 1,325 / 2,059 |
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 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2026.
- 7 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at WCC Western Championship 2022.
- 7 Oct 2022Seven personal bests in one day at WCC Western Championship 2022.
- 21 Dec 2019First competition: AZCubing Winter 2019. A 12.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lopes Up AZ Fall 2026 · 20 Sep 2026
- Temecula Valley Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD March B 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- UCSD Weeknights VI 2025 · 14 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Weeknights III 2025 · 23 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Westview Winter B 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- West LA Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- AZCubing Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 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.
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Michael Muething — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Michael Young — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.