People · United States
Matthew Gunawan
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022GUNA02
Matthew Gunawan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.33, set at Michigan Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,157th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2022, he has put 172 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.90 in March 2022 to 9.33, a 14% improvement. Matthew has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.33 | 11.36 | top 5.7% | 3,157 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 3.77 | top 6.4% | 2,535 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.48 | 16.03 | top 14.3% | 2,232 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 52.03 | 56.20 | top 27.2% | 4,195 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.33 | 27.15 | top 35.1% | 4,635 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.47 | 12.10 | top 48.8% | 14,148 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.71 | — | top 59.2% | 5,069 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.74 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,783 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 38.48 | 47.32 | top 63.4% | 4,184 / 6,743 |
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
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Michigan Championship 2024.
- 24 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024.
- 26 Mar 2022First competition: Port Huron Speedcubing 2022. A 12.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Goshen Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Michigan Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024 · 24 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Port Huron Speedcubing 2022 · 26 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Caleb Gunawan — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Hunter Mackler — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Owen Widdis — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.