People · United States
Matthew Chermak
2×2 · top 5.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CHER05
Matthew Chermak has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at New York Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,357th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2022, he has put 498 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.05 in July 2022 to 10.12, a 52% improvement. Matthew has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.16 | 4.93 | top 5.9% | 2,357 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.12 | 12.78 | top 7.8% | 4,300 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 6.18 | 7.68 | top 7.8% | 616 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.57 | 7.13 | top 10.6% | 2,781 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.52 | 7.44 | top 14.6% | 2,279 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 51.67 | 54.55 | top 26.7% | 4,116 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.83 | 1:38.58 | top 27.2% | 2,123 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 20.46 | 27.58 | top 29.0% | 1,890 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.14 | 1:47.94 | top 31.5% | 2,223 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 2:44.33 | 3:12.10 | top 33.2% | 1,186 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.45 | 32.92 | top 45.4% | 6,154 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 6:08.89 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,136 / 3,184 |
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
- 12 Oct 2025Seven personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025.
- 12 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Binghamton Winter 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at ROC the Cube 2024.
Competitions
- New York Championship 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Brockport Bolt 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Binghamton Winter 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Saratoga Springs Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cicero 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lake Placid 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Flower City Cube Fest 2022 · 30 Jul 2022
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ethan Qiu — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Louis Truong — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.