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Matthew Eaton

3×3 · top 41.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023EATO01

Matthew Eaton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.54, set at Howick Spring 2025, puts him in the top 41.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 584th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since May 2023, he has put 30 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.39 in May 2023 to 20.54, a 25% improvement. Matthew has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 41.5% of 284,439 all-time
20.54
signature single · Howick Spring 2025
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×320.5430.23
top 41.5%584 / 2,164
2×25.7612.42
top 48.3%536 / 1,510
Pyraminx15.8623.77
top 84.7%765 / 946
4×42:16.21
early days — 1 solve382 / 491

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

Dolphin Coast Autumn 2023: 27.39Howick Spring 2025: 20.5420.5427.391 May 20234 Oct 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.