People · United States
Matthew Chung
3×3 · top 6.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023CHUN13
Matthew Chung has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.55, set at UCSD Extravaganza 2023, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,510th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2023, he has put 98 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.85 in July 2023 to 9.55, a 19% improvement. Matthew has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.55 | 13.51 | top 6.3% | 3,510 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 5.14 | top 22.0% | 8,729 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 53.14 | 1:04.43 | top 28.6% | 4,494 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.00 | 12.25 | top 53.0% | 15,718 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 1:50.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,744 / 6,846 |
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
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at UCSD Extravaganza 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023First competition: Agoura Cubing Again 2023. A 11.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Summer B 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
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.
- August Barnard — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dominic Shoji — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shane Grogan — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.