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Matthew Cook

Skewb · top 0.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016COOK02

Matthew Cook has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Australia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since May 2016, he has put 2,808 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.81 in May 2016 to 7.14, a 67% improvement. Matthew has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.2% of 73,281 all-time
1.30
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
2,808
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb1.304.74
top 0.2%10 / 3,534
2×21.212.66
top 1.1%108 / 8,567
3×37.149.27
top 1.5%166 / 11,709
Pyraminx2.264.16
top 1.6%81 / 5,993
4×427.9332.53
top 1.8%46 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed11.8517.16
top 2.8%69 / 2,659
5×559.681:06.37
top 5.3%70 / 1,356
Megaminx59.011:07.33
top 9.5%118 / 1,277
Square-111.9317.48
top 9.8%98 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.67
top 12.2%56 / 468
6×62:11.032:25.89
top 15.7%94 / 641
Clock8.779.95
top 18.8%209 / 1,095
7×73:27.743:34.58
top 19.0%87 / 523

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

Sydney Autumn 2016: 21.81Australian Nationals 2016: 14.36Sydney Championship 2016: 12.00Sydney Winter 2017: 11.32Brisbane Winter 2017: 8.88Australian Nationals 2017: 9.57Canberra Spring 2017: 11.52Sydney Championship 2017: 10.26Hobart Summer 2018: 10.23Canberra Autumn 2018: 10.42Adelaide Winter 2018: 7.71Warm Up Sydney 2018: 9.07Australian Nationals 2018: 8.42Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 8.73Adelaide Summer 2019: 9.82Cool Down Sydney 2019: 10.13Koalafication Sydney 2019: 8.55Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 9.45WCA World Championship 2019: 7.53Harold Park Classic 2019: 8.53Fortitude Sydney 2019: 9.25Altona Algorithms 2019: 8.01Sydney Open 2019: 8.65Cebu Speedcubing Year End 2019: 8.61Surf Coast Cubing 2019: 7.60Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 7.58Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 8.07Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 8.71Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021: 8.57Newcastle Autumn 2021: 8.67Adelaide Summer 2022: 7.50Melbourne Summer 2022: 9.23Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 7.96Brisbane Autumn 2022: 8.08NSW Open 2022: 8.21NSW Central West Winter 2022: 7.80Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 8.68Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022: 9.48Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 7.93Orange Zest 2023: 8.99Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 7.41Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 7.67Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023: 7.89Sydney Summer 2023: 7.48Melbourne Summer 2024: 7.72Valenzuela Sides Challenge 2024: 7.14Melbourne Summer 2025: 8.617.1421.818 May 201624 Jan 2025

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.

  • Feliks Zemdegs — met in 251 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
  • Bryan Eng — met in 251 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Sora Sato — met in 225 rounds, finished ahead 103 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.