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Matthew Ban

3×3 · top 0.54% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BANM01

Matthew Ban has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.09, set at Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Malaysia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since April 2022, he has put 1,108 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.06 in April 2022 to 6.09, a 39% improvement. Matthew has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.54% of 284,439 all-time
6.09
signature single · Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026
1,108
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×36.097.70
top 0.54%19 / 3,773
Pyraminx1.762.44
top 0.76%12 / 1,723
3×3 one-handed9.7612.66
top 0.89%9 / 1,327
Megaminx40.5042.47
top 1.7%12 / 518
2×21.542.59
top 2.3%54 / 2,541
4×434.7139.92
top 6.4%103 / 1,219
Skewb3.636.62
top 8.5%96 / 1,053
Square-151.68—
early days — 2 solves301 / 364

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

Brisbane Autumn 2022: 10.06Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022: 9.96Queensland Open 2022: 9.29Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 7.78Brisbane Summer 2023: 7.47Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 7.87Queensland Open 2023: 8.39U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023: 7.69Australian Nationals 2023: 6.97QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 6.66Brisbane Summer 2024: 6.85Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 8.02Queensland Open 2024: 6.86Chilling in Toowoomba 2024: 7.44MarsdeNxN 2024: 6.45Speedy Southport 2024: 6.94Brisbane Summer 2025: 6.54Brisbane Newcomers 2025: 7.46QLD State Championship 2025: 7.60Toowoomba Twist Off 2025: 6.42Wide Bay Cubing 2025: 7.16Australian Nationals 2025: 7.48Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026: 6.20Wide Bay Cubing 2026: 6.37Queensland Open 2026: 6.55Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026: 6.096.0910.062 Apr 20228 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.

  • Jamie Otsu — met in 195 rounds, finished ahead 99 times
  • Toby Seufert — met in 166 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
  • Kyle Jones — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 125 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.