People · United States
Matthew Cota
3×3 · top 46.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025COTA01
Matthew Cota has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.18, set at Utah All-Stars 2026, puts him in the top 46.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,944th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 73 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.87 in March 2025 to 22.18, a 35% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 22.18 | 27.29 | top 46.0% | 26,944 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 6.55 | 8.42 | top 56.5% | 23,525 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.96 | 16.70 | top 72.7% | 21,894 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 24.15 | 25.38 | top 75.1% | 6,727 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 1:10.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,125 / 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
- 21 Mar 2026First sub-30 3×3: 22.18 at Utah All-Stars 2026.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Utah Newcomers 2025. A 33.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah All-Stars 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Brock Burgi — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Damian Wilding — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Myers — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.