People · Australia
Matthew De Fanti
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024FANT01
Matthew De Fanti has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Spark Melbourne July 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2024, he has put 301 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.57 in January 2024 to 9.13, a 58% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 3.40 | top 2.5% | 203 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 10.85 | top 5.2% | 482 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.68 | 6.97 | top 11.3% | 524 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.07 | 20.94 | top 12.7% | 291 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 4.42 | 6.27 | top 13.9% | 359 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 45.88 | 49.77 | top 19.4% | 472 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.66 | 1:37.24 | top 22.1% | 292 / 1,356 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.78 | 1:57.91 | top 35.7% | 448 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | 48.00 | early days — 3 solves | 315 / 468 |
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
- 17 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Solving in Sale 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2026 · 17 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kensington May Saturday 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024
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.
- Tommy Kiprillis — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charlie Handley — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.